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Translingual
Letter
ж (upper case Ж)
- A letter of the Cyrillic script, called zhe.
Letter
ж (upper case Ж)
- A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called zhivete.
Gallery
- Regular.
- Italics.
- Handwritten.
Abaza
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The nineteenth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъь гъь, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Гӏв гӏв, Д д, Дж дж, Джв джв, Джь джь, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жв жв, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кв кв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Къь къь, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Кӏь кӏь, Л л, Ль ль, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тл тл, Тш тш, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хв хв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Хӏв хӏв, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Шв шв, Шӏ шӏ, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
Abkhaz
Letter
ж • (ẑ) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The thirteenth letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гә гә, Ӷ ӷ, Ӷь ӷь, Ӷә ӷә, Д д, Дә дә, Е е, Ж ж, Жь жь, Жә жә, З з, Ӡ ӡ, Ӡә ӡә, И и, К к, Кь кь, Кә кә, Қ қ, Қь қь, Қә қә, Ҟ ҟ, Ҟь ҟь, Ҟә ҟә, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Ԥ ԥ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тә тә, Ҭ ҭ, Ҭә ҭә, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хь хь, Хә хә, Ҳ ҳ, Ҳә ҳә, Ц ц, Цә цә, Ҵ ҵ, Ҵә ҵә, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ҽ ҽ, Ҿ ҿ, Ш ш, Шь шь, Шә шә, Ы ы, Ҩ ҩ, Џ џ, Џь џь, Ь ь, Ә ә
Adyghe
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The fourteenth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
Aghul
Letter
ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The twelfth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Дж дж, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Къ къ, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Уь уь, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чч чч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, ӏ ӏ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
Alutor
Letter
ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The twelfth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Archi
Letter
ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The twentieth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аа аа, Аӏ аӏ, Ааӏ ааӏ, Ы ы, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гь гь, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъӏ гъӏ, Гъӏв гъӏв, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Е е, Ее ее, Еӏ еӏ, Ж ж, Жв жв, З з, Зв зв, И и, Ии ии, Иӏ иӏ, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Кв кв, Ккв ккв, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Ккъ ккъ, Къӏ къӏ, Ккъӏ ккъӏ, Къӏв къӏв, Ккъӏв ккъӏв, Кь кь, Кьв кьв, Л л, Лъ лъ, Ллъ ллъ, Лъв лъв, Ллъв ллъв, Лӏ лӏ, Лӏв лӏв, М м, Н н, О о, Оо оо, Оӏ оӏ, Ооӏ ооӏ, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Св св, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, Тв тв, У у, Уу уу, Уӏ уӏ, Х х, Хх хх, Хв хв, Ххв ххв, Хӏ хӏ, Хьӏ хьӏ, Ххьӏ ххьӏ, Хьӏв хьӏв, Ххьӏв ххьӏв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хъӏ хъӏ, Хъӏв хъӏв, Ц ц, Цв цв, Цӏ цӏ, Ццӏ ццӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Щ щ, Шв шв, Щв щв, Э э, Ээ ээ, Эӏ эӏ
Avar
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eleventh letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Azerbaijani
Letter
ж (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Bashkir
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Belarusian
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: [ʒ], [ʃ] (terminal or before voiceless consonant)
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The seventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called жъ (ž), and written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Buryat
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Chechen
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Chukchi
Letter
ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Chuvash
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Crimean Tatar
Letter
ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Dargwa
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eleventh letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Dungan
Letter
ж • (ř) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Eastern Mari
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Even
Letter
ж (z) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Evenki
Letter
ж • (z) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Ingush
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Itelmen
Letter
ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kabardian
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The fourteenth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Э э, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Кхъу кхъу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Фӏ фӏ, Х х, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Щӏ щӏ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
Kalmyk
Letter
ж • (zh) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Khakas
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kumyk
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kyrgyz
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called же (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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Lezgi
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Mongolian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕ/
- Syllabification: ж (1 syllable)
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called жэ (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Nivkh
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Letter
ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eleventh letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Northern Mansi
Letter
ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eleventh letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Old Church Slavonic
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called живѣте (živěte) or жівѣте (živěte), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ
Old Novgorodian
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- A letter of the Old Novgorodian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.
- c. 1025‒1050, Берестяная грамота № 591 [Birchbark letter no. 591], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ꙃ ꙁ [м] л н о п р с т оу ф х ц ч ш ъ ѣ ѫ ѭ у ѧ
- a b v g d je ž dz z [m] l n o p r s t u f x ć ć š ŭ jě ǫ jǫ u ję
- c. 1160‒1180, Берестяная грамота № Свинц. 2 [Birchbark letter no. Lead 2], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ѕ ꙁ и і к
- a b v g d je ž dz z i i k
- c. 1180‒1200, Берестяная грамота № 460 [Birchbark letter no. 460], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т уо ѳ х ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ѣ ѫ ю у ѧ
- a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x o ć ć š ść ŭ jě ǫ ju u ję
- c. 1200‒1220, Берестяная грамота № 778 [Birchbark letter no. 778], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ꙃ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т оу ф х ѿ ц ч ш ъ ѣ ѫ ѫ ю ѧ
- a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x otŭ ć ć š ŭ jě ǫ ǫ ju ję
- c. 1220‒1240, Берестяная грамота № 783 [Birchbark letter no. 783], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ѕ ꙁ
- a b v g d je ž dz z
- c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 201 [Birchbark letter no. 201], Novgorod:
- а б : в г : д е : ж ꙅ : ꙁ и : і к : л м : н о : п р : с т : у ѳ х ѿ : ц ч : ш щ : ъ ꙑ : ь ѣ : ꙋ ю : ѫ ѧ : …
- a b : v g : d je : ž dz : z i : i k : l m : n o : p r : s t : u θ x otŭ : ć ć : š ść : ŭ y : ĭ jě : u ju : ǫ ję : …
- c. 1360‒1380, Берестяная грамота № 576 [Birchbark letter no. 576], Novgorod:
- + а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х
- + a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x
- c. 1380‒1400, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 24 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 24], Staraya Russa:
- а б в г д е ж [ꙅ] ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х [ѿ] ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ ь ѣ ѧ
- a b v g d je ž [dz] z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x [otŭ] o ć ć š ść ŭ y ĭ jě ję
Ossetian
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The twelfth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notes
Only used in Russian borrowings.
See also
Pannonian Rusyn
Pronunciation
Letter
ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Romanian
Letter
ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The seventh letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called же (že) or жэ (žɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Etymology 2
Particle
ж • (ž)
- Apocopic form of же (že)
- 1956, “Подмосковные вечера [Podmoskovnyje večera, Moscow Suburban Evenings]”, Mikhail Matusovsky (lyrics), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (music)performed by Vladimir Troshin:
- Что ж ты милая, смотришь искоса,
Низко голову наклоня?- Što ž ty milaja, smotrišʹ iskosa,
Nizko golovu naklonja? - Why then art thou, dear, looking askance,
Tilting your head low?
- Što ž ty milaja, smotrišʹ iskosa,
Etymology 3
Noun
ж • (ž) m inan (indeclinable)
- (grammar) Abbreviation of же́нский род (žénskij rod, “feminine gender”).
- Synonym: ж. (ž.)
Etymology 4
Noun
ж • (ž) f inan (indeclinable)
- Abbreviation of же́нская убо́рная (žénskaja ubórnaja, “ladies' room, women's toilet”).
- Synonym: Ж (Ž)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
See Translingual.
Pronunciation
Letter
ж (lower case, upper case Ж, Latin spelling ž)
- The eighth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
ж m (Roman spelling ž)
Southern Altai
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tabasaran
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eleventh letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tajik
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tatar
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tundra Nenets
Letter
ж • (ž°) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tuvan
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Ubykh
Pronunciation
Verb
ж • (ẑ)
References
- Vogt, Hans (1963) Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh (in French), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 222
Udmurt
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called же (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old East Slavic же (že), from Proto-Slavic *že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi. Cognate with Czech že, Ancient Greek γε (ge), Sanskrit हि (hi), Russian же (že).
Alternative forms
- же (že)
Particle
ж • (ž)
- stresses the topic; is, really, right, isn't it, etc. (used as a tag question would be in English)
- Але́ ж це кни́жка!
- Alé ž ce knýžka!
- But this is a book!
- Ти ж вдо́ма?
- Ty ž vdóma?
- You are at home, aren't you?
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Uzbek
Letter
ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Western Mari
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The ninth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Yakut
Letter
ж • (zh) (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The tenth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called жэ (zhe), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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