З

See also: з, э, є, ѕ, ӟ, 3, ဒ, and з-

З U+0417, З CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZE ← Ж [U+0416] Cyrillic И → [U+0418]

Translingual

Letter

З (lower case з)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

З • (Z) (lower case з)

1. The eleventh letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

Bulgarian

Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The eighth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called зъ (z), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и (Ѝ ѝ), Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

Eastern Mari

Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The ninth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ҥ ҥ, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ز
Cyrillic	З
Latin	Z
Yañalif	Z

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The eleventh letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [zə]

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Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з) (italics: З, з)

1. The ninth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ѓ ѓ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, Ѕ ѕ, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ќ ќ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/

Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з) (italics: З, з)

1. The ninth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called зэ (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) үсэг; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z]

Letter

З (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The tenth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь

Russian

Noun

З • (Z) m inan (indeclinable)

1. abbreviation of за́пад (západ, “west”)

See also

• В (V, “E, east”)
• С (S, “N, north”)
• Ю (Ju, “S, south”)

Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called зэ (zɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
• (Cyrillic script letter names) буква; а (a), бэ (bɛ), вэ (vɛ), гэ (gɛ), дэ (dɛ), е (je), ё (jo), же (že), зэ (zɛ), и (i), и краткое (i kratkoje)/ий (ij), ка (ka), эл (el)/эль (elʹ), эм (em), эн (en), о (o), пэ (pɛ), эр (er), эс (es), тэ (tɛ), у (u), эф (ef), ха (xa), цэ (cɛ), че (če), ша (ša), ща (šča), твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak), ы (y)/еры (jery), мягкий знак (mjaxkij znak), э (e)/э оборотное (e oborotnoje), ю (ju), я (ja) ^{(Category: ru:Cyrillic letter names)}

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Z (Serbo-Croatian Latin, Roman alphabet)

Letter

З (upper case, lower case з)

1. The ninth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ж (Ž) and is followed by the letter И (I).

Tajik

Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The tenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, called зе (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ҳ ҳ, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z]

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Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)

1. The tenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called зе (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

Zhuang

Letter

З (upper case, lower case з)

1. 1957–1982 spelling of J