Dza | |
Letter: | Ձ ձ |
Script: | Armenian script |
Type: | Alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Language: | Armenian language |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /ink/ |
Unicode: | U+0541, U+0571 |
Alphanumber: | 17 |
Number: | 80 |
Usageperiod: | 405 to present |
Direction: | Left-to-Right |
Dza (Eastern) or Tsa (Western) (majuscule: Ձ; minuscule: ձ; Armenian: ձա) is the seventeenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar affricate (/d͡z/) in Eastern and the voiceless aspirated alveolar affricate (/t͡sʰ/) Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 80.[1] Its shape in capital form similar to the Arabic numeral 2.