ذ

See also: د, ڈ, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

Arabic

Etymology

Derived 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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ð/

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).

Symbol

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. 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

• (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)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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References

• Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

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Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ
• Next letter: ر

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zal]
• IPA^(key): [z]
• IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ

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

See also

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

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zɑl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ډ
• Next letter: ر

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Persian

Etymology

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð]. Persian lack a phoneme for that sound, so it is pronounced as /z/.

Pronunciation

• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /z/
• Letter name: IPA^(key): /zɒːl/

Letter

ذ • (z)

1. The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).

See also

• Previous letter: د
• Next letter: ر

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Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zal)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڍ
• Next letter: ر

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Urdu

Alternative forms

• ज़ (za)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɑːl/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zāl)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر (r)