Q'ari

{{Short description|27th letter of the three Georgian scripts}} {{Infobox grapheme | name = Q'ari | letter = Ⴗ ⴗ ყ Ყ | image = Mkhedruli q'.svg | imagesize = 150px | imagealt = | script = Georgian script | type = Alphabet | typedesc = ic | language = Georgian language | phonemes = [{{IPAlink|χʼ}}], [{{IPAlink|qʼ}}], [{{IPA link|q͡χʼ}}] | unicode = U+10B7, U+2D17, U+10E7, U+1CA7 | alphanumber = 27 | number = 800 | usageperiod = {{circa}} 430 to present | equivalents = Q, Q’, Q̇ | direction = Left-to-right }} {{Georgian letters}} {{contains special characters|Georgian}} '''Q'ari''', or '''Qar''' (Asomtavruli: {{Script|Geok|Ⴗ}}; Nuskhuri: {{Script|Geok|ⴗ}}; Mkhedruli: ყ; Mtavruli: Ყ; {{Langx|ka|ყარი, ყარ}}) is the 27th letter of the three Georgian scripts.<ref>Machavariani, p. 136</ref>

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 800.<ref name="Mched2">Mchedlidze, (2) p. 100</ref> Q'ari represents the uvular ejective fricative /χʼ/<ref>Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. '''18'''. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5</ref> (commonly phonemicized as the uvular ejective stop /qʼ/). It is typically romanized with the letter Q, Q’, or Q̇.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Georgian.pdf|title=Transliteration of Georgian|language=en}}</ref>

== Letter == {|class="wikitable" style="width:100" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli !width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli !mtavruli |- |align="center"|65px |align="center"|60px |align="center"|100px |100x100px |} ===Three-dimensional=== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli !width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|100px |align="center"|100px |align="center"|100px |} === Stroke order === {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 105</ref> !width="100"|nuskhuri<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 107</ref> !width="100"|mkhedruli<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 110</ref> |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|100px |align="center"|100px |align="center"|100px |}

== Computer encodings == {{charmap|10B7|2D17|10E7|1CA7 | name1 = GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER QAR<ref name="UnicAsoMkh">Unicode (1)</ref> | name2 = GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER QAR<ref>Unicode (2)</ref> | name3 = GEORGIAN LETTER QAR<ref name="UnicAsoMkh">Unicode (1)</ref> | name4 = GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER QAR }}

== Braille == {|class="wikitable" style="width:100" |- !width="100"|mkhedruli<ref>UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45</ref> |- |align="center"|80px |}

== See also == * Georgian letter K'ani * Georgian letter Khari * Latin letter Q == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}}

== 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) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U10A0.pdf Georgian], 1991–2013 * The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2D00.pdf Georgian Supplement], 1991-2013 Category:Georgian letters