Dhe (Cyrillic)

Ze with descender or Dhe (Ҙ ҙ; italics: Ҙ ҙ), is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in both the Bashkir^[1] and Wakhi languages, where it represents the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (like the th in this) and the voiced alveolar sibilant affricate /d͡z/ (like the ds in lads) respectively. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Ze (З з З з). It is romanized as Z with acute ⟨ź⟩ for Bashkir, and corresponds with Ezh ⟨ʒ⟩ in the Latin script of the Wakhi language and the Shughni language.

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound values[ð], [d͡z]

TransliterationsDh dh

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Ze with descender
Ҙ ҙ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[ð], [d͡z]
History
Transliterations	Dh dh
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 letter itself was introduced in 1939.