# ʒ

| ʒ | U+0292, &#658; LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH |
| ← ʑ [U+0291] | IPA Extensions | ʓ → [U+0293] |
| ᶾ | U+1DBE, &#7614; MODIFIER LETTER SMALL EZH |
| ← ᶽ [U+1DBD] | Phonetic Extensions Supplement | ᶿ → [U+1DBF] |

## Translingual
### Etymology 1

Introduced in Isaac Pitman's English Phonotypic Alphabet in 1847 based on the "tailed" medieval cursive form of the letter z.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA:(file)

#### Symbol

ʒ
* (IPA) a voiced palatoalveolar sibilant.
    Coordinate term: (voiceless palatoalveolar fricative) ʃ
* (superscript ⟨ᶾ⟩, IPA) [ʒ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [dᶾ], sometimes implying an affricate [d͡ʒ]); [ʒ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ʒ].
* (some Italian dictionaries) voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/)
    Synonym: ż
* (UPA, NAPA) A d-z affricate (IPA [d͡z])
    Synonym: dz

#### Further reading

* ʒ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* ezh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

Alternative form of ℨ (“drachm, dram”)

#### Symbol

ʒ
* (pharmacy) drachm, dram.
** 1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […] (in English), London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], →OCLC, book VI, page 288:BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulda caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ʒ. vj. of diaprunis laxatiue. ʒ. ij. of ſuger roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] tabulate as much as ſuffiſeth make a bole.

### Etymology 3
#### Symbol

ʒ
* (alchemy, archaic) cinnabar
    Synonym: 🜓

## Dagbani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
* A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

## Even
### Letter

ʒ (dž) (upper case Ʒ)
* (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.

## Evenki
### Letter

ʒ • (dž) (upper case Ʒ)
* (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.

## Kildin Sami
### Letter

ʒ (dž) (upper case Ʒ)
* (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /d͡ʒ/, /ʑ/, /ʒ/

### Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
* (International Standard) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (Pan-Vlax) dž

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

### References

* Marcel Courthiade (2009) “DIALECTAL STRUCTURE OF THE RROMANI LANGUAGE”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 43
* “Introduction 3. How to read Rromani”, in R.E.D-RROM‎, 2021 October 2 (last accessed)
* Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “Ʒ, ʒ”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /d͡z/

### Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
* The sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

## Wakhi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡z/

### Letter

ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
* A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.