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
Computer encodings
Character information
| Preview | Ⴖ | ⴖ | ღ | Ღ |
| Unicode name |
GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GHAN[8] |
GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER GHAN[9] |
GEORGIAN LETTER GHAN[8] |
GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER GHAN |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 4278 | U+10B6 | 11542 | U+2D16 | 4326 | U+10E6 | 7334 | U+1CA6 |
| 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 |
| Numeric character reference | Ⴖ | Ⴖ | ⴖ | ⴖ | ღ | ღ | Ღ | Ღ |
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
- 1 2 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
