Tsa (letter)

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+053E, U+056E
Alphabetical position	14
History
Development	𓏭 𐤆 𐡆 𐮆 Ծ ծ
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.

Gallery

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  Rounded Erkat'agir
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  Angular Erkat'agir
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  Bolorgir
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  Notrgir
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  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
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  Handwritten form

Character codes

See also

• Xe, the letter preceding Tsa in the Armenian alphabet
• Armenian alphabet

References

External links

• Ծ on Wiktionary
• ծ on Wiktionary