Da (Armenian letter)

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]

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
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.

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

Character codes

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

Gallery

Various historic fonts

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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
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  Eastern Braille form Dots-145
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  Western Braille form Dots-1456
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  The Armenian dram sign