῾

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ʽ U+02BD, ʽ
MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED COMMA
← ʼ
[U+02BC] 		Spacing Modifier LettersCategory:Spacing Modifier Letters block#*0000000701 ʾ →
[U+02BE]
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῾ U+1FFE, ῾
GREEK DASIA
[unassigned: U+1FFF]
← ´
[U+1FFD] 		Greek ExtendedCategory:Greek Extended block#*0000008190   →
[U+2000]
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See also: ◌̔ and ʻ

Translingual

Symbol

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  1. (Hans Wehr transliteration, Survey of Egypt System) The Arabic letter ع (ʕ).
    Synonyms: ʿ, ʻ, ᶜ
  2. (Greek) rough breathing, dasia
    Synonym: ʻ
  3. (IPACategory:IPA symbols#ʽ, obsoleteCategory:Translingual terms with obsolete senses#ʽ) Alternative form of ʻ.
    Most charts and the IPA Handbook have the turned comma ⟨ʻ⟩.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Diacritical mark

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  1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called δασεῖα (daseîa, “rough”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ἁ (Ha), Ἑ (He), Ἡ (Hē), Ἱ (Hi), Ὁ (Ho), Ῥ (Rh), Ὑ (Hu) and Ὡ (Hō). 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