U+2C8C "Ⲍ" Coptic Capital Letter Zata Unicode Character

U+2C8C "Ⲍ" Coptic Capital Letter Zata is a glyph used in the Coptic alphabet, representing the letter Zata, which corresponds to the Greek letter Zeta and is typically transliterated as "z" in modern contexts. This character is part of the Unicode block designated for Coptic script, which preserves the writing system of the Coptic language, the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language written primarily with Greek letters and a few additional characters derived from Demotic. In Coptic manuscripts and liturgical texts, the capital Zata appears at the beginning of words or in titles, and it holds phonetic value as a voiced alveolar fricative, similar to the English "z" sound.