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Arabic
editEtymology
editDerived from د (d), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ð/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢅 (d).
Pronunciation
edit- (letter name): IPA(key): /ðaːl/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ð/
- (Main dialectal variations): IPA(key): /ð/, /d/, /z/
Letter
editذ / ذ • (ḏāl)
- The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذَال (ḏāl), and is preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).
Symbol
editذ / ذ • (ḏāl)
- The twenty-fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ض (ḍ).
See also
edit- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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References
edit- Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, , page 74
Balti
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ (transliteration needed)
- The eighteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ (z)
- The eighteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Chinese
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ
- The twelfth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.
Hijazi Arabic
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ • (ḏāl)
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
Kashmiri
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ • (transliteration needed)
- The seventeenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also
editKhowar
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ (zāl)
- The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also
editMalay
editPronunciation
edit- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [zal]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [z]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [s]
Letter
editذ / ذ
- The tenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
editMozarabic
editPreposition
editذ (ḏi or ḏī)
- Alternative spelling of ذي (ḏī)
References
editPashto
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ • (zâl)
- The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also
editPersian
editEtymology
editFrom the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].
Pronunciation
editPhoneme:
Letter name:
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ðɑːl], [zɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zɔl]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ðāl, zāl |
Dari reading? | zāl |
Iranian reading? | zâl |
Tajik reading? | zol |
Letter
editذ • (z)
- The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).
Usage notes
editIn Classical Persian, the letters' phoneme was irregularly pronounced as [ð] or as [z]. Modern varieties of Persian lack the letter's original Arabic phoneme [ð] entirely, and have shifted the phoneme [ð] to [z].
See also
editPunjabi
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ • (ẕāl)
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ذ | ـذ | ـذـ | ذـ |
See also
editSindhi
editPronunciation
editLetter
editذ • (zal)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also
editUrdu
editAlternative forms
edit- ज़ (za)
Pronunciation
edit- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɑːl/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /z/
Letter
editذ • (zāl)
- The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also
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