ʒ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "z", ᴣ [U+1D23 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL EZH], Ӡ [U+04E0 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ABKHASIAN DZE], ჳ [U+10F3 GEORGIAN LETTER WE], Ȝ [U+021C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER YOGH], ꝫ [U+A76B LATIN SMALL LETTER ET], ℨ [U+2128 BLACK-LETTER CAPITAL Z], 3 [U+0033 DIGIT THREE], ƺ [U+01BA LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH TAIL], ǯ [U+01EF LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH CARON], ʓ [U+0293 LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH CURL], ᶚ [U+1D9A LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK], 𬼁 [U+2CF01 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2CF01], and ӡ [U+04E1 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ABKHASIAN DZE]

ʒ U+0292, ʒ LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH ← ʑ [U+0291] IPA Extensions ʓ → [U+0293]

Character variations

ᶾ U+1DBE, ᶾ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL EZH ← ᶽ [U+1DBD] Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶿ → [U+1DBF]

Translingual

Etymology 1

Introduced in Isaac Pitman's English Phonotypic Alphabet in 1847 based on the "tailed" medieval cursive form of the letter z.

Pronunciation

• IPA:

  (file)

Symbol

ʒ

1. (IPA) a voiced palatoalveolar sibilant.

   Coordinate term: (voiceless palatoalveolar fricative) ʃ

2. (superscript ⟨ᶾ⟩, IPA) [ʒ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [dᶾ], sometimes implying an affricate [d͡ʒ]); [ʒ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ʒ].
3. (some Italian dictionaries) voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/)

   Synonym: ż

4. (UPA, NAPA) A d-z affricate (IPA [d͡z])

   Synonym: dz

Further reading

• ʒ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ezh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

alternative form of ℨ (“drachm, dram”)

Symbol

ʒ

1. (pharmacy) drachm, dram.
   • 1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […] (in English), London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], →OCLC, book VI, page 288:

     BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulda caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ʒ. vj. of diaprunis laxatiue. ʒ. ij. of ſuger roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] tabulate as much as ſuffiſeth make a bole.

Etymology 3

Symbol

ʒ

1. (alchemy, archaic) cinnabar

   Synonym: 🜓

Dagbani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)

1. A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

Even

Letter

ʒ (dž) (upper case Ʒ)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.

Evenki

Letter

ʒ • (dž) (upper case Ʒ)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.

Kildin Sami

Letter

ʒ (dž) (upper case Ʒ)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.

Romani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/, /ʑ/, /ʒ/

Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)

1. (International Standard) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (Pan-Vlax) dž

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

References

• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “DIALECTAL STRUCTURE OF THE RROMANI LANGUAGE”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 43
• “Introduction 3. How to read Rromani”, in R.E.D-RROM‎, 2 October 2021 (last accessed)
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “Ʒ, ʒ”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d͡z/

Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)

1. The sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Wakhi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡z/

Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)

1. A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.