Djerv

Djerv or Đerv (/dʒɜːrv/, JƏRV; Majuscule: Ꙉ, Minuscule: ꙉ) is one of the Cyrillic alphabet letters that was used in Old Cyrillic. It was used in many early Serbian monuments to represent the sounds /dʑ/ and /tɕ/ (modern đ/ђ and ć/ћ).^[1] It exists in the Cyrillic Extended-B table as U+A648 and U+A649. It is the basis of the modern letters Ћ and Ђ; the former was in fact a direct revival of djerv and was considered the same letter.^[1]

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound values/dʑ/, /tɕ/

DescendantsЋ ћ

Quick facts ꙉєрвъ), Usage ...

Djerv (ꙉєрвъ)
Ꙉ ꙉ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/dʑ/, /tɕ/
History
Descendants	Ћ ћ
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Djerv is also commonly used in Serbian Cyrillic, where it was an officially used letter. When placed before the letters н and л it represented the sounds /ɲ/ and /ʎ/, which are represented by Њ and Љ today, respectively.

It can be transliterated as Ǵ.^[2]