Ghani, or Ghan (Asomtavruli: Ⴖ, Nuskhuri: ⴖ, Mkhedruli: ღ, Mtavruli: Ღ; Georgian: ღანი, ღან) is the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 700.[2]
In the Georgian language, Ghani’s phonemic realisation can be classified as a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/,[3] although it is argued that it can also be a voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, depending on the context it appears in. It is typically romanized with the digraph Gh or with the letters Ḡ, Ǧ, Ġ, and Ɣ.[4]
The mkhedruli form has become popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a heart symbol and as part of a "love" emoticon, is often rendered as: ღ <3, and sometimes ღ(✿◠ᴗ◠)ღ
Letter
| asomtavruli
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nuskhuri
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mkhedruli
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mtavruli
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Three-dimensional
| asomtavruli
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nuskhuri
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mkhedruli
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Stroke order
Computer encodings
Character information
| Preview |
Ⴖ |
ⴖ |
ღ |
Ღ
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| Unicode name
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GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GHAN[8]
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GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER GHAN[9]
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GEORGIAN LETTER GHAN[8]
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GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER GHAN
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| Encodings |
decimal |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex
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| Unicode |
4278 |
U+10B6 |
11542 |
U+2D16 |
4326 |
U+10E6 |
7334 |
U+1CA6
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| UTF-8 |
225 130 182 |
E1 82 B6 |
226 180 150 |
E2 B4 96 |
225 131 166 |
E1 83 A6 |
225 178 166 |
E1 B2 A6
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| Numeric character reference |
Ⴖ |
Ⴖ |
ⴖ |
ⴖ |
ღ |
ღ |
Ღ |
Ღ
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Braille
See also
References
- ^ Machavariani, p. 136
- ^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99
- ^ Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
- ^ "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
- ^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
- ^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
- ^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
- ^ a b Unicode (1)
- ^ Unicode (2)
- ^ UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
Bibliography
- Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991-2013
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013