ዘ (za)
The Ge'ez letter ዘ is called ዘይ (zay). It represents a “voiced alveolar sibilant”, which is like <z> in the English words zebra, zephyr, and zest.
Its shape ዘ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩹. It correlates to the Arabic letter ز, the Syriac letter ܙ, and the Hebrew letter ז.
Ge’ez words starting with ዘ include ዜና (zena) “news”, ዝናም (zənām) “rain”, and ዘይት (zayt) “olive tree”.
The derivative letter ዠ is used in modern languages to represent a "voiced postalveolar fricative", which is the <s> sound in the English words pleasure and measure.
