Tsa (Eastern) or Dza (Western) (majuscule: Ծ; minuscule: ծ;

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: ծա) is the fourteenth letter of the

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, representing the

voiceless alveolar affricate A voiceless alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just behind the teeth. This refers to a class of sounds, not a single sound. There are several typ ...

() in

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and the

voiced alveolar affricate A voiced alveolar affricate is a type of affricate consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just behind the teeth. This refers to a class of sounds, not a single sound. There are several typ ...

() in

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. It is typically

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with the digraph Ts. It was part of the alphabet created by

Mesrop Mashtots Mesrop Mashtots (; , ' 362February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenians, Armenian Linguistics, linguist, composer, Christian theology, theologian, Politician, statesman, and Hymnology, hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic C ...

in the

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. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 50.

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* Ծ on Wiktionary * ծ on Wiktionary {{Armenian letters Armenian letters Armenian alphabet Armenian language

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