چ
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| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |
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Page categories
Acehnese
Pronunciation
Letter
چ (ca) (no case)
See also
- Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ [edit]
Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃ], /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/
Letter
چ (transliteration needed) (no case)
Central Kurdish
Alternative forms
- چی (çî)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
Pronoun
| Northern Kurdish | çi |
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چ (çi)
Usage notes
- As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.
Derived terms
- بۆ چ (bo çi)
Chinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰ/, [ʈ͡ʂʰ]
Letter
چ (no case)
- The eighth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.
Egyptian Arabic
Pronunciation
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
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)
- 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
چ • (c) (no case)
- The eleventh letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by چھ.
Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
چ • (ç) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ч or ч)
- The sixth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ح.
See also
- Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي [edit]
Khowar
Pronunciation
Letter
چ (če) (no case)
- 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
ﭺ / چـ / ـچـ / ـچ (no case)
See also
- Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ [edit]
Old Ruthenian
Letter
چ • (č) (no case)[1]
- (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
- Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ء) [edit]
References
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).
Pronunciation
Letter
چ (ce) (no case)
- 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)
- 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 / ﭽ / ﭻ • (če) (no case)
- 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
- Arabic script letters: حروف (hurūf / horuf) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی [edit]
- Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet
- Search for entries beginning with چ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).
Pronunciation
Letter
چ • (ce) (no case)
- The eighth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ج (jīm) and followed by ح (ḥe).
Sindhi
Pronunciation
Letter
چ • (ce) (no case)
- The fifteenth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڃ and followed by ڇ.
See also
- Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي [edit]
Soqotri
Pronunciation
Letter
چ (ž) (no case)
South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
Letter
چ • (gīm) (no case)
- A modified letter based on ج to represent the sound /ɡ/ only in Israel.
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
Letter
چ • (ce) (no case)
- 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)