դ

See also: գ, Դ, -դ, դ., and Appendix:Variations of "d"

դ	U+0564, դ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER DA

← գ
[U+0563]

Armenian

ե →
[U+0565]

Armenian

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /də/, [də]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tə/, [tʰə]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)

Letter

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դ

դ lowercase (uppercase Դ)

The 4th letter of Armenian alphabet, called դա (da). Transliterated as d.
Represents:
voiced dental plosive: [d] in Eastern Armenian and Armenian dialectology

aspirated voiceless dental plosive: [tʰ] in Western Armenian

References

Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2.1, pages 17–18

Ottoman Turkish

Letter

դ • (t)

A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named դա (ta). Represents voiceless dental plosive: [t]. Transliterated as t.

Usage notes

This letter is mostly used only with Armenian loans, but some authors will use it for Turkish words before a back vowel; i.e., before one of ա (a), ը (ı), օ (o), ու (u), using թ (t) before front vowels. This mirrors the behavior of ط and ت, respectively, in Perso-Arabic.