Ghani (letter)

Ghani (asomtavruli Ⴖ, nuskhuri ⴖ, mkhedruli ღ, mtavruli Ღ) 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/, although it is argued that it can also be a voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, depending on the context it appears in.

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[3]

nuskhuri^[4]

mkhedruli^[5]

Computer encodings

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

Braille

mkhedruli^[8]

Use

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

References

^ Machavariani, p. 136
^ Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99
^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
^ Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
^ ^a ^b 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

[1] Machavariani, p. 136

[Mched2-2] Mchedlidze, (2) p. 99

[3] Mchedlidze, I, p. 105

[4] Mchedlidze, I, p. 107

[5] Mchedlidze, I, p. 110

[UnicAsoMkh-6] Unicode (1)

[7] Unicode (2)

[8] UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45

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