Translingual

Letter

Ч upper case (lower case ч)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Č (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

Ч ‎(upper case, lower case ч)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ц (C) and is followed by the letter Џ (Dž).

Tajik

Letter

Ч • ‎(Č) ‎(upper case, lower case ч)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ҳ ‎(H) (He) and is followed by the letter Ҷ ‎(J) (Je).

Azeri

Cyrillic letter Ч ч
(Ч ч), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Letter

ч ‎(lower case, upper case Ч) (italics: Ч, ч)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet as formerly used for Azeri, preceded by Һ and followed by Ҹ, and representing /tʃ/. Since 1991, this sound has been spelt Ç.

Mongolian

Particle

ч • ‎(č) ‎(Mongolian spelling ᠴᠤ)

1. even
2. too (also)
3. marking the topic of the sentence
4. no-, any- (after interrogative pronouns, used with a negative verb)

   хэн ч байхгүй‎

   hen č bajhgüj

   nobody is there

5. every, -ever, any- (after interrogative pronouns)

Derived terms

• ч дээ ‎(č dee)
• ч юмуу ‎(č jumuu)
• -вч ‎(-vč)

Conjunction

ч • ‎(č)

1. although
2. both...and; neither...nor (with one ч after the first term, and another after the second)

Synonyms

• (although): гэсэн ч ‎(gesen č)

Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ч • ‎(ḱ) ‎(upper case Ч)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic script letters) А ‎(A) а ‎(a), Ӕ ‎(Æ) ӕ ‎(æ), Б ‎(B) б ‎(b), В ‎(V) в ‎(v), Г ‎(G) г ‎(g), Гъ ‎(Ǧ) гъ ‎(ǧ), Д ‎(D) д ‎(d), Дж ‎(Ǵ) дж ‎(ǵ), Дз ‎(Ʒ) дз ‎(ʒ), Е ‎(E) е ‎(e), З ‎(Z) з ‎(z), И ‎(I) и ‎(i), Й ‎(J) й ‎(j), К ‎(K) к ‎(k), Къ ‎(K’) къ ‎(k’), Л ‎(L) л ‎(l), М ‎(M) м ‎(m), Н ‎(N) н ‎(n), О ‎(O) о ‎(o), П ‎(P) п ‎(p), Пъ ‎(P’) пъ ‎(p’), Р ‎(R) р ‎(r), С ‎(S) с ‎(s), Т ‎(T) т ‎(t), Тъ ‎(Tʺ) тъ ‎(t’), У ‎(U) у ‎(u), Ф ‎(F) ф ‎(f), Х ‎(X) х ‎(x), Хъ ‎(Q) хъ ‎(q), Ц ‎(C) ц ‎(c), Цъ ‎(C’) цъ ‎(c’), Ч ‎(Ḱ) ч ‎(ḱ), Чъ ‎(Ḱ’) чъ ‎(ḱ’), Ы ‎(Y) ы ‎(y)

Russian

Etymology 1

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ]

Letter

ч • ‎(č) ‎(lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is че ‎(če) and it has the sound of English ch in church. It is preceded by Ц ‎(C) and followed by Ш ‎(Š).

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Ч, ч

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of час ‎(čas).

Noun

ч • ‎(č) m inan ‎(indeclinable)

1. h, hour

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Etymology

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ.

Letter

ч ‎(lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The 28th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is ч and it has the sound of English ch.

See also

• Previous letter: ц
• Next letter: џ