dz

See also: ʣ, dz, dž, and dź

dz U+01F3, dz LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ ← Dz [U+01F2] Latin Extended-B Ǵ → [U+01F4]

Translingual

Symbol

dz

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Dzongkha.
2. (IPA) the affricate ⟨d͡z⟩

English

Noun

dz

1. Abbreviation of dozen.

Verb

dz

1. (stenoscript) does (cf. d 'do, did, done, doing')

Anagrams

• ZD

Adzera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

dz (upper case Dz)

1. A letter of the Adzera alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /t͜s/

Letter

dz (upper case Dz)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈd͡z]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zeː]

Letter

dz (lower case, upper case Dz)

1. The seventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called dzé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dz	dz-k
accusative	dz-t	dz-ket
dative	dz-nek	dz-knek
instrumental	dz-vel	dz-kkel
causal-final	dz-ért	dz-kért
translative	dz-vé	dz-kké
terminative	dz-ig	dz-kig
essive-formal	dz-ként	dz-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dz-ben	dz-kben
superessive	dz-n	dz-ken
adessive	dz-nél	dz-knél
illative	dz-be	dz-kbe
sublative	dz-re	dz-kre
allative	dz-hez	dz-khez
elative	dz-ből	dz-kből
delative	dz-ről	dz-kről
ablative	dz-től	dz-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	dz-é	dz-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dz-éi	dz-kéi

Possessive forms of dz
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dz-m	dz-im
2nd person sing.	dz-d	dz-id
3rd person sing.	dz-je	dz-i
1st person plural	dz-nk	dz-ink
2nd person plural	dz-tek	dz-itek
3rd person plural	dz-jük	dz-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• dz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dz in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Kwakʼwala

Alternative forms

• dᶻ in Liqʼwala dialect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͜z/

Letter

dz (upper case Dz)

1. A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Navajo

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ts/

Letter

dz (upper case Dz)

1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Appendix:Navajo alphabet

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡z/

Letter

dz (lower case, upper case Dz)

1. The fifth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡z/, IPA^(key): /t͡s/, if devoiced

Symbol

dz (upper case Dz)

1. A digraph in Polish orthography.

Slovene

Etymology

A digraph of d and z.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme, standard): IPA^(key): /d͡z/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dzə́/, /dzèː/, /dzéː/
• Rhymes: -ə, -eː

Letter

dz (lower case, upper case Dz)

1. A digraph of Slovene letters d and z.

Symbol

dz

1. (non-dialectal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [d͡z].

Noun

dz m inan

1. (rare) The name of the Latin script digraph Dz / dz.
2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /d͡z/.
   • 1999, Peter Jurgec, Dz v besedju slovenskega jezika:

     Dz v besedju slovenskega jezika

     Dz in the words of Slovene language

   • 2022, “Ali je glas dz sičnik?”, in Jezikovna svetovalnica‎^[1]:

     Ali bi lahko rekli, da je dz sičnik, ki je povezan s šumnikom dž?

     Could we say that dz is an alveolar sibilant that is related to the post-alveolar sibilant dž?

Inflection

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	dz
gen. sing.	dz
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dz	dz	dz
accusative	dz	dz	dz
genitive	dz	dz	dz
dative	dz	dz	dz
locative	dz	dz	dz
instrumental	dz	dz	dz

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	dz
gen. sing.	dz-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dz	dz-ja	dz-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dz-ja	dz-jev	dz-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	dz-ju	dz-jema	dz-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dz	dz-ja	dz-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dz-ju	dz-jih	dz-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dz-jem	dz-jema	dz-ji

See also

• d
• ž
• dž
• ʒ

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥zʱ/; also /dz/ in loan words

Letter

dz (upper case Dz)

1. A digraph in Xhosa orthography.