ʽ


ʽ U+02BD, ʽ
MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED COMMA
ʼ
[U+02BC]
Spacing Modifier Letters ʾ
[U+02BE]
U+1FFE, ῾
GREEK DASIA
[unassigned: U+1FFF]

[U+1FFD]
Greek Extended  
[U+2000]
See also: ◌̔ and ʻ

Translingual

Symbol

ʽ

  1. (Hans Wehr transliteration, Survey of Egypt System) The Arabic letter ع (ʕ).
    Synonyms: ʿ, ʻ,
  2. (Greek) rough breathing, dasia
    Synonym: ʻ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a small version of the letter heta (Ͱ).

Diacritical mark

ʽ

  1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called δασεῖα (daseîa, rough) in Ancient Greek, and found on ()/ (), ()/ (), ()/ () and ()/ (). It is also known by its Latin name spīritus asper or the English name rough breathing. It was originally used to indicate the presence of the sound /h/ before a vowel or /r/ but continued to be used even after /h/ had disappeared from the language.

See also

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