ع

Character	ع
Unicode name	ARABIC LETTER AIN
Arabic	U+0639

See also غ

Arabic

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع (ʕayn)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ.
2. Z, unknown variable.

Number

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع (ʕayn)

1. The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by س and followed by ف.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حرف; ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ع

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Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

ع (ʕa)

1. see على

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA: [(ʔ)aen]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [(ʔ)]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [ʔ]

Letter

ﻉ / ﻋ / ﻌ / ‍ﻊ

1. The nineteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ʔain/
• (phoneme): IPA: /ʔ/

Letter

ع (`ain)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

See also

• Previous letter: ظ
• Next letter: غ

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Persian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

ﻉ / ﻋ / ﻌ / ‍ﻊ ('ain)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.