ۇ

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /waw ˌdamˈma/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/, /ʊ/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʉ/, /y/ (front)

ۇ • (u, ü) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ұ or ұ or Ү or ү)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by و and followed by ۋ.

• Represents the back vowel phonemes /u/ and /ʊ/. Unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh, the hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If ۇ is the first letter and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the varient ٷ is used.

• ٷ (Word-initial, front-vowel)

• 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]

From Proto-Turkic *ol.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /u/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/

ۇ • (u) (no case)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ئو and followed by ئۆ.

ۇ • (u)

1. (personal) he, she, it
2. (demonstrative) that

• In UEY (Uyghur Ereb Yëziqi), if a word begin with a vowel, there will always a hamza before the vowel letter. e.g. ئېغىز (ëghiz). And when there is no consonant between two vowels, a hamza is always placed between them. e.g. سائەت (sa'et).