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ۇ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: ٶ, ٷ, ؤ, و, and ُ
ۇ U+06C7, ۇ
ARABIC LETTER U
ۆ
[U+06C6]
Arabic ۈ
[U+06C8]
U+FBD7, ﯗ
ARABIC LETTER U ISOLATED FORM

[U+FBD6]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FBD8]
U+FBD8, ﯘ
ARABIC LETTER U FINAL FORM

[U+FBD7]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FBD9]

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ۇ
Cyrillic Ұ, ұ/Ү, ү
Latin Ū, ū/Ü, ü
Yañalif Ū, ū/Y, y

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /waw ˌdamˈma/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /u/, /ʊ/ (back)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʉ/, /y/ (front)

Letter

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ۇ (u, ü)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ұ or Ү.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ۇ ـۇ

Usage notes

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  • Represents the back vowel phonemes /u/ and /ʊ/. Unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh, the hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If ۇ is the first letter and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the varient ٷ is used.

See also

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ol.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ۇ (u)

  1. The twenty sixth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ئۇ ‍ۇ ‍ۇ ئۇ

Pronoun

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ۇ (u)

  1. (personal) he, she, it
  2. (demonstrative) that

Declension

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See also

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  • Previous letter: ئو (o)
  • Next letter: ئۆ (ö)

Usage notes

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  • In UEY (Uyghur Ereb Yëziqi), if a word begin with a vowel, there will always a hamza before the vowel letter. e.g. ئېغىز (ëghiz). And when there is no consonant between two vowels, a hamza is always placed between them. e.g. سائەت (sa'et).