Zeni (letter)

Zeni (asomtavruli Ⴆ, nuskhuri ⴆ, mkhedruli ზ, mtavruli Ზ) is the 7th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 7.^[2]

Zeni commonly represents the voiced alveolar fricative /z/, like the pronunciation of ⟨z⟩ in "zebra".

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[3]

nuskhuri^[4]

mkhedruli^[5]

Computer encodings

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli
U+10A6[6]	U+2D06[7]	U+10D6[6]

Braille

mkhedruli[8]

See also

• Latin letter Z
• Cyrillic letter Z

References

1. Machavariani, p. 136
2. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 32
3. Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
4. Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
5. Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
6. 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