Ghani

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For the president of Afghanistan, see Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

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For other uses of "Ghani", see Ghani (disambiguation).

Ghani (asomtavruli Ⴖ, nuskhuri ⴖ, mkhedruli ღ) is the 26th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 700.[2]

Ghani commonly represents the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/, like the pronunciation of French-like R.

Letter

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli
Asomtavruli gh.svg Nuskhuri gh.svg Mkhedruli letter gh.png

Stroke order

Computer encodings

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli
U+10B6[6] U+2D16[7] U+10E6[6]

Braille

mkhedruli[8]
Braille Ë.svg

Use

  • It is frequently used as a love or heart symbol in an online communications.

See also

  • Ğ, Latin letter

References

  1. ↑ Machavariani, p. 136
  2. ↑ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99
  3. ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
  4. ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
  5. ↑ Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Unicode (1)
  7. ↑ Unicode (2)
  8. ↑ 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
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