Bashkir Qa or Bashkir Ka (Ҡ ҡ; italics: Ҡ ҡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) with the top extending horizontally to the left. It corresponds to Қ in Kazakh and Karakalpak and other Turkic languages.
It is used in the alphabet of the Bashkir language, Siberian Tatar language and Uzbek language, where it represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/.
It is represented in the Arabic script as ق.
Computing codes
editPreview | Ҡ | ҡ | ||
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Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BASHKIR KA |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BASHKIR KA | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1184 | U+04A0 | 1185 | U+04A1 |
UTF-8 | 210 160 | D2 A0 | 210 161 | D2 A1 |
Numeric character reference | Ҡ |
Ҡ |
ҡ |
ҡ |
See also
editOther Cyrillic letters used to write the sound /q/:
- Қ қ : Cyrillic letter Ka with descender
- Ӄ ӄ : Cyrillic letter Ka with hook
- Ԟ ԟ : Cyrillic letter Aleut Ka
- Ԛ ԛ : Cyrillic letter Qa
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode