Dzili

Dzili, or Dzil (Asomtavruli: Ⴛ; Nuskhuri: ⴛ; Mkhedruli: ძ; Mtavruli: Ძ; Georgian: ძილი, ძილ) is the 31st letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 3000.^[2] Dzili commonly represents the voiced alveolar affricate /dz/,^[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨ds⟩ in "pads". It is typically romanized with the digraph Dz, or with the letters J, Ż, and Ʒ.^[4]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

asomtavruli^[5]	nuskhuri^[6]	mkhedruli^[7]

Character information
Preview	Ⴛ		ⴛ		ძ		Ძ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JIL^[8]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER JIL^[9]		GEORGIAN LETTER JIL^[8]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER JIL
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4283	U+10BB	11547	U+2D1B	4331	U+10EB	7339	U+1CAB
UTF-8	225 130 187	E1 82 BB	226 180 155	E2 B4 9B	225 131 171	E1 83 AB	225 178 171	E1 B2 AB
Numeric character reference	Ⴛ	Ⴛ	ⴛ	ⴛ	ძ	ძ	Ძ	Ძ

mkhedruli^[10]

Machavariani, p. 136
Mchedlidze, (2) p. 109
Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
"Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
Unicode (1)
Unicode (2)
UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45

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) Georgian, 1991–2013
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991–2013