ⵛ

ⵛ U+2D5B, ⵛ TIFINAGH LETTER YASH ← ⵚ [U+2D5A] Tifinagh ⵜ → [U+2D5C]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jaʃ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

ⵛ (c)

1. A Tifinagh letter: the twenty-seventh letter of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [əʃ]

Letter:

• IPA^(key): /jaʃ/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [jæ̝ʃ]

Letter

ⵛ • (c)

1. yash, a Tifinagh letter, the twenty-fifth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Verb

ⵛ • (c)

1. alternative form of ⴽⴼ (kf)

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from the Tuareg Tifinagh letter ⵛ (š), possibly modified from the Libyco-Berber letter (š), a variant of (š), ultimately from the Phoenician letter 𐤔 (š, “shin”). Doublet of ⴹ (ḍ).

Letter

ⵛ (c)

1. yash, a Tifinagh letter, the twenty-fifth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

See also

• Neo-Tifinagh script letters: ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (iskkiln): ⴰ, ⴱ, ⴳ, ⴷ, ⴹ, ⴻ, ⴼ, ⴽ, ⵀ, ⵃ, ⵄ, ⵅ, ⵇ, ⵉ, ⵊ, ⵍ, ⵎ, ⵏ, ⵓ, ⵔ, ⵕ, ⵖ, ⵙ, ⵚ, ⵛ, ⵜ, ⵟ, ⵡ, ⵢ, ⵣ, ⵥ ^[edit]

References

• “ⵛ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022