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Letter in the Armenian alphabet

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Dza
Ձ ձ

Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	l
In Unicode	`U+0541, U+0571`
Alphabetical position	17 Numerical value: 80
History
Development	Ձ ձ
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	80
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
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Dza (Eastern) or Tsa (Western) (majuscule: Ձ; minuscule: ձ; Armenian: ձա) is the seventeenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar affricate (/d͡z/) in Eastern and the voiceless aspirated alveolar affricate (/t͡sʰ/) Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 80. Its shape in capital form similar to the Arabic numeral 2.

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	Ձ		ձ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER DZA		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER DZA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1345	U+0541	1393	U+0571
UTF-8	213 129	D5 81	213 177	D5 B1
Numeric character reference	Ձ	Ձ	ձ	ձ

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