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Da (Armenian letter)

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Da
Դ դ
Typogrraphic upper and lower case of the letter Da
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesd (Eastern Armenian)
(Western Armenian)
In UnicodeU+534, U+564
Alphabetical position4
Numerical value: 4
History
Development
  • Դ դ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers4
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.

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]

Character codes

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Character information
Preview Դ դ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER DA ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER DA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1332 U+0534 1380 U+0564
UTF-8 212 180 D4 B4 213 164 D5 A4
Numeric character reference Դ Դ դ դ
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Various historic fonts

References

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  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
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  • Դ on Wiktionary
  • դ on Wiktionary