ğ (upper caseĞ)
- The letterg with abreve.
ğ (lower case,upper caseĞ)
- The tenthletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet, calledğe and written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)hərf;A a,B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,E e,Ə ə,F f,G g,Ğ ğ,H h,X x,I ı,İ i,J j,K k,Q q,L l,M m,N n,O o,Ö ö,P p,R r,S s,Ş ş,T t,U u,Ü ü,V v,Y y,Z z
ğlower case (upper caseĞ)
- The ninthletter of the Crimean Tataralphabet, calledğı and written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)arif;A a,B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,E e,F f,G g,Ğ ğ,H h,I ı,İ i,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,Ñ ñ,O o,Ö ö,P p,Q q,R r,S s,Ş ş,T t,U u,Ü ü,V v,Y y,Z z
Thebreve is used to indicate anelided ‹g›. This origin of the sound is evident in the archaic pronunciation[ɣ] as well as in alternations likeçocuk →çocuğu (vis-à-visgalip,umut →galibi,umudu). Moreover, in Arabic and Persian borrowings the letterغ(ḡ) is equivalent to Turkish ‹ğ› word-internally, but to ‹g› word-initially (as ‹ğ› cannot be initial).
- (letter name):IPA(key): /jumuˈʃak ɟeː/
- IPA(key): [ː],[-],[j],[ɰ]
- (Eastern dialects)IPA(key): [ɣ]
- Word-finally and before a consonant, it lengthens the preceding vowel. Intervocally, it creates ahiatus, which in turn may be contracted into a long vowel or be separated with asemivowel (depending on the vowel combination as well as the speaker’s dialect).
ğ (lower case,upper caseĞ)
- The ninthletter of the Turkishalphabet, calledyumuşak ge and written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)harf;A a (Â â),B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,E e,F f,G g,Ğ ğ,H h,I ı,İ i (Î î),J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,Ö ö,P p,R r,S s,Ş ş,T t,U u (Û û),Ü ü,V v,Y y,Z z
