Ghani (letter) explained

Ghani (asomtavruli, nuskhuri, mkhedruli ღ, mtavruli Ღ) is the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 700.^[2]

In the Georgian language, Ghani’s phonemic realisation can be classified as a voiced velar fricative pronounced as //ɣ//, although it is argued that it can also be a voiced uvular fricative pronounced as //ʁ//, depending on the context it appears in.

Letter

Stroke order

Use

• It is frequently used as a love or heart symbol in online communications.

See also

• Ğ, Latin letter

Bibliography

• Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
• Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
• Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
• The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991-2013
• The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013

Notes and References

1. Machavariani, p. 136
2. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99
3. Unicode (1)
4. Unicode (2)
5. UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45