چ

See also: ح, خ, and ج

چ U+0686, چ
ARABIC LETTER TCHEH
څ
[U+0685]
Arabic ڇ
[U+0687]
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
چ ـچ ـچـ چـ
U+FB7A, ﭺ
ARABIC LETTER TCHEH ISOLATED FORM

[U+FB79]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB7B]
U+FB7B, ﭻ
ARABIC LETTER TCHEH FINAL FORM

[U+FB7A]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB7C]
U+FB7C, ﭼ
ARABIC LETTER TCHEH INITIAL FORM

[U+FB7B]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB7D]
U+FB7D, ﭽ
ARABIC LETTER TCHEH MEDIAL FORM

[U+FB7C]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB7E]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ca]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [c]

Letter

چ (ca) (no case)

  1. The sixth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃ], /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/

Letter

چ (transliteration needed) (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish çi

چ (çi)

  1. (interrogative) what, which

Usage notes

  • As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.

Derived terms

Chinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰ/, [ʈ͡ʂʰ]

Letter

چ (no case)

  1. The eighth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡiːm be ˈtæ.læt ˈno.ʔɑtˤ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/

Letter

چ • (gīm be tálat nóʾaṭ) (no case) (gīm with three dots)

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Usage notes

چ (gīm be tálat nóʔaṭ) is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ج (gīm) that is sometimes used to write foreign names and loanwords with the phoneme IPA(key): /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/. It can be written and pronounced as a ج (gīm) instead.

See also

  • پ (be be-talat noʔaṭ)
  • ڤ (fe be-talat noʔaṭ)

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

  • ج (j /⁠č⁠/)

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃə/, /d͡ʒiːm faːr(ɪ)siːja/, /d͡ʒiːm bʊ θələθ nɪɡətˤ/, /d͡ʒiːm ʊm θələθ nɪɡətˤ/, /d͡ʒiːm (məʕə) θələθ nɪɡətˤ/ (all colloquial)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ča) (no case)

  1. Commonly used letter in Gulf Arabic to represent the sound of /t͡ʃ/. Sometimes replaced with ج due to the lack of keyboard support or personal preference.

Usage notes

  • The letter is utilised to represent the /t͡ʃ/ sound, which is a native Gulf Arabic sound, as in چلب (čalb, dog) and چنه (činna, it seems like). However, it is not part of the Standard Arabic alphabet or standard Arabic physical keyboards.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːm/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (c) (no case)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by چھ.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic چ
Cyrillic Ч, ч
Latin Tş, tş

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xa ˌyʃ noˈqat/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ç) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ч or ч)

  1. The sixth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ح.

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ (če) (no case)

  1. The eighth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ح.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɐ]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [t͡ʃ]

Letter

/ چـ / ـچـ / ‍ـچ (no case)

  1. The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Old Ruthenian

Letter

چ • (č) (no case)[1]

  1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

References

  1. ^ Antonovich (1968), page 193: “چ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ (ce) (no case)

  1. The eighth letter of the Pahari-Potwari alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ج (jīm) and followed by ح (ḥe).

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /tʃe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /tʃ/

Letter

چ • (če) (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ځ and followed by څ.

Persian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃ/

Letter

/ ﭼ‍ // ‍ﭻ • (če) (no case)

  1. The seventh letter of the Persian alphabet, called چه or چِ and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ح.

See also

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ce) (no case)

  1. The eighth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ج (jīm) and followed by ح (ḥe).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ce) (no case)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڃ and followed by ڇ.

See also

Soqotri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʒa/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

چ (ž) (no case)

  1. The Soqotri letter ž

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡiːm/, [ɡiːm]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, [ɡ]

Letter

چ • (gīm) (no case)

  1. A modified letter based on ج to represent the sound /ɡ/ only in Israel.

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

چ • (ce) (no case)

  1. The eighth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ح.

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (che) (no case)

  1. The seventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by خ.