Sha (majuscule: Շ; minuscule: շ; Armenian: շա) is the twenty-third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless postalveolar fricative (/ʃ/) in both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh.[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 500.[2]
| Sha Շ | |
|---|---|
| Շ շ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | ʃ |
| In Unicode | U+547, U+547 |
| Alphabetical position | 23 Numerical value: 500 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 500 |
Character codes
edit| Preview | Շ | Շ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SHA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1351 | U+0547 | 1351 | U+0547 |
| UTF-8 | 213 135 | D5 87 | 213 135 | D5 87 |
| Numeric character reference | Շ |
Շ |
Շ |
Շ |
See also
edit- Nu, the letter preceding Sha in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
- Sh (digraph)
References
edit- ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
- ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.