zy

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ziː/
  • Conventional anglicization: zy

Pronoun

 interrogative

1. which?

Usage notes

This pronoun can either stand alone or before a noun in a direct genitive construction.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zy  

zj	zj

Derived terms

• ḥr zj jšst
• zy nw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

Oromo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɐ/

• Syllables - zya, Count - 1

  • Audio:

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Letter

zy (lower case, upper case Zy, all caps ZY)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪ
• Syllabification: zy

Preposition

zy

1. alternative form of z