Da (Armenian)

Da, Ta, or T’a (majuscule: Դ; minuscule: դ; Armenian: դա) is the fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar plosive (/d/) in Eastern Armenian and the aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive (/tʰ/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter D.^[1] 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 4.^[2]

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound valuesd (Eastern Armenian)
tʰ (Western Armenian)

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Da
Դ դ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	d (Eastern Armenian) tʰ (Western Armenian)
In Unicode	U+534, U+564
Alphabetical position	4
History
Development	𓉿 𐤃 Δ δ Դ դ
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	4
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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The capital form of this letter, crossed with two horizontal lines, forms the Armenian dram sign.