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| Che | |
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| چ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Arabic script |
| Type | Abjad |
| Language of origin | Persian language |
| Sound values | /tʃ/,/c/ |
| Alphabetical position | 7 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Transliterations | ch, č |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Right-to-left |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
| Persian alphabet |
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| ابپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهی |
Perso-Arabic script |
| Arabic alphabet |
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| ابتثجحخدذرزسشصضطظعغفقكلمنهوي |
Arabic script |
Che orcheem (چ) is a letter of thePersian alphabet, used to represent[t͡ʃ]. The letter derives fromJīm (ج) by the addition of twodots. It is found with this value in other Arabic-derived scripts. It is used inPersian,Urdu,Pashto,Kurdish,Uyghur,Kashmiri,Azerbaijani,Ottoman Turkish,Malay (Jawi),Javanese (Pegon), and otherIndo-Iranian languages. It is also one of the five letters thePersian alphabet added to the Arabic script (the others beingژ,پ, andگ in addition to the obsoleteڤ. Its numerical value is 3000 (seeAbjad numerals).
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyph form: (Help) | چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |
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The letterچ can be used to transcribe[t͡ʃ] inGulf Arabic andIraqi Arabic dialects, where they have that sound natively as in "چلب"/tʃalb/ (dog) instead of "كلب"/kalb/. Since the sound is not part of Standard Arabic’s phonology; In most of the rest of Arabic-speaking geographic regions, the combination oftāʾ-šīn (تش) is more likely used to transliterate the/t͡ʃ/ sound which is often realized as two consonants ([t]+[ʃ]) as in "تشاد"/tʃaːd/ (Chad) and "التشيك"/at.tʃiːk/ (Czech Republic).
In Egypt, this letter represents[ʒ], which can be areduction of/d͡ʒ/, It is calledgīm be talat noʾaṭ (جيم بتلات نقط "Gīm with three dots") there. The/ʒ/ pronunciation is also proposed for South Arabian minority languages, likeMehri andSoqotri.
InIsrael, where official announcements are often trilingual or triscripted, this letter represents[ɡ] on roadsigns when transcribing Hebrew place names. It has also been used as/g/ in Lebanon for transliteration such as "چامبيا" (The Gambia) and "چوچل" (Google).[1]
| Preview | چ | |
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| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER TCHEH | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 1670 | U+0686 |
| UTF-8 | 218 134 | DA 86 |
| Numeric character reference | چ | چ |
| Preview | ڜ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 1692 | U+069C |
| UTF-8 | 218 156 | DA 9C |
| Numeric character reference | ڜ | ڜ |
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