ۇ

See also: ٶ‎, ٷ‎, ؤ‎, و‎, and ُ‎
ۇ U+06C7, ۇ
ARABIC LETTER U
← ۆ
[U+06C6] 		Arabic ۈ →
[U+06C8]
ﯗ U+FBD7, ﯗ
ARABIC LETTER U ISOLATED FORM
← ﯖ
[U+FBD6] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯘ →
[U+FBD8]
ﯘ U+FBD8, ﯘ
ARABIC LETTER U FINAL FORM
← ﯗ
[U+FBD7] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯙ →
[U+FBD9]

Kazakh
Cyrillic Ұ, ұ/Ү, ү (Ū, ū/Ü, ü)
Arabic ۇ
Latin Ū, ū/Ü, ü

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

Letter

ۇ • (u, ü)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal form
ۇـۇ

Usage notes
  • 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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