د

See also: ذ, ڈ, ࢮ, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

د	U+062F, د ARABIC LETTER DAL

← خ
[U+062E]

Arabic

ذ →
[U+0630]

ﺩ	U+FEA9, ﺩ ARABIC LETTER DAL ISOLATED FORM

← ﺨ
[U+FEA8]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﺪ →
[U+FEAA]

ﺪ	U+FEAA, ﺪ ARABIC LETTER DAL FINAL FORM

← ﺩ
[U+FEA9]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﺫ →
[U+FEAB]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢅 (l, “dalet”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (l, “dalet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿. See also Classical Syriac ܕ (l, “dalet”), Hebrew ד (l, “daleth”), Ancient Greek Δ (D), Latin D.

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /daːl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د / ‍د • (dāl)

The eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is دَال (dāl), and is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ذ (ḏ).

Symbol

د / ‍د • (dāl)

The fourth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ج (j) and followed by ه (h).

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d/, [d]

Letter

د (transliteration needed)

The thirteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d/, [d]

Letter

د (transliteration needed)

The fifteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet

Chinese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t/, [t~d], [tɕ]

Letter

د

The eleventh letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Usage notes

This letter is also used to represent a few syllables with the initial j-.

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From قاعد (gāʕid).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da/

Particle

د (da-)

Used to prefix a non-past verb to mark the present continuous tense.
ديحچي. ― dayiḥči. ― He is speaking.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /daːl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (d)

The fifteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	د
Cyrillic	Д, д
Latin	D, d
Yañalif	D, d

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /dæl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (d)

The eighth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Д.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Khowar

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /d̪al/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د (dāl)

The fifteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /de/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (de)

The fifth letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Д

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

د

Wikipedia ^ms

Alternative forms

(preposition): دأ (before vowel-initial words)

Pronunciation

(Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dal]
(Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [d]
(Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

د / ‍د

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

Preposition

د

Jawi spelling of di.‎‎ before consonant-initial words.
دسوڠاي (di sungai) ― at a river

Pashto

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /d̪ɑl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د • (dâl)

The thirteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Etymology 2

Proclitic form of تر (tar, “from”). Cognate with Ormuri (tar) (with the same functions) and Old Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬋 (tarō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Hás (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-ó-s, from *terh₂- (“to cross over”) +‎ *-ós. False cognate of French de.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪ə/

Preposition

د • (də)

of

References

Morgenstierne, Georg (2003): A New Etymological Dictionary of Pashto

Persian

Pronunciation

Audio (Iran): (file)

Letter

د / ‍د • (dâl)

The tenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by خ and followed by ذ. Its name is دال.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Gurmukhi letter: ਦ (daddā)

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /d̪äːl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د • (dāl)

The eleventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
د	ـد	ـدـ	دـ

Sindhi

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /dal/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (dal)

The ninteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Urdu

Pronunciation

(letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑːl/
(phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د • (dāl)

The eleventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Uyghur

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /de/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (de)

The ninth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /di/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د (d)

The third letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد