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Lasi (letter)

Lasi, or Las (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ლ or ჺ; Mtavruli: Ლ ) is the 12th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 30. Lasi commonly represents the voiced velarized alveolar approximant /É«/ before back vowels, like the pronunciation of in "feel", and the alveolar lateral approximant before front vowels, like the pronunciation of in "lord". It is typically romanized with the letter L.

The mkhedruli form has become popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a paw, hand or fist and as part of an emoticon, is often rendered as: ლ(╹◡╹ლ).

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  • 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