Tsa (Eastern) or Dza (Western) (majuscule: Ծ; minuscule: ծ; Armenian: ծա) is the fourteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless alveolar affricate (/ts/) in Eastern Armenian and the voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Ts.[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 50.[2]
| Tsa | |
|---|---|
| Ծ ծ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | ts (Eastern Armenian) dz (Western Armenian) |
| In Unicode | U+53E, U+56E |
| Alphabetical position | 14 Numerical value: 50 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 50 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Character codes
edit| Preview | Ծ | ծ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1342 | U+053E | 1390 | U+056E |
| UTF-8 | 212 190 | D4 BE | 213 174 | D5 AE |
| Numeric character reference | Ծ |
Ծ |
ծ |
ծ |
See also
edit- Xe, the letter preceding Tsa in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
References
edit- ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
- ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.