Øy

ûy is a two-character sequence consisting of the Latin small letter u with circumflex (û) followed by the Latin small letter y. It is not a separate letter in any major alphabet, but it occurs in writing systems that treat û as an independent letter, and it appears in transliterations, loanwords, and proper names that use the Kurdish Latin alphabet.

In Kurdish Latin orthography (Kurmanji and related varieties), û commonly marks a long vowel [uː]. The letter y typically represents the palatal approximant [j]. When written together as ûy, the pronunciation depends on the surrounding phonology and the word; in many cases it is simply two consecutive letters, yielding a sequence pronounced roughly as [uːj].

In computing, ûy is represented by two Unicode code points: U+00FB (LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX) and U+0079 (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y). In UTF-8, these render as C3 BB 79. The sequence has no dedicated single code point or digraph status in Unicode.

Occurrence and examples: The string can appear in Kurdish loanwords, academic transcriptions, and names. It may also appear in French or other languages as part of a longer word where û marks a historical vowel change, followed by y as the next letter; however such occurrences are rare and context-specific.