Djerv
| Djerv (ꙉєрвъ) | |
|---|---|
| Ꙉ ꙉ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | /dʑ/, /tɕ/ |
| History | |
| Descendants | Ћ ћ |
Djerv or Đerv (/dʒɜːrv/, JƏRV; Majuscule: Ꙉ, Minuscule: ꙉ) is one of the Cyrillic alphabet letters that was used in Old Cyrillic. It was used in many early Serbian monuments to represent the sounds /dʑ/ and /tɕ/ (modern đ/ђ and ć/ћ). It exists in the Cyrillic Extended-B table as U+A648 and U+A649. It is the basis of the modern letters Ћ and Ђ; the former was in fact a direct revival of djerv and was considered the same letter.
Djerv is also commonly used in Serbian Cyrillic, where it was an officially used letter. When placed before the letters н and л it represented the sounds /ɲ/ and /ʎ/, which are represented by Њ and Љ today, respectively.
It can be transliterated as Ǵ.