| Tsa | |
|---|---|
| Ծ ծ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | ts (Eastern Armenian) dz (Western Armenian) |
| In Unicode | U+53E, U+56E |
| Alphabetical position | 14 Numerical value: 50 |
| History | |
| Development | 𓏭 |
| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 50 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
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Tsa (Eastern) or Dza (Western) (majuscule: Ծ; minuscule: ծ; Armenian: ծա) is the fourteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless alveolar affricate (/ts/) in Eastern Armenian and the voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Ts. It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 50.
Character codes
| Preview | Ծ | ծ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1342 | U+053E | 1390 | U+056E |
| UTF-8 | 212 190 | D4 BE | 213 174 | D5 AE |
| Numeric character reference | Ծ |
Ծ |
ծ |
ծ |
See also
- Xe, the letter preceding Tsa in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
References
- "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
- "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
External links
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