ظاء

See also: طاء

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðˤaːʔ/

Noun

ظَاء • (ẓāʔ) f (plural ظَاءَات (ẓāʔāt))

1. Name of the seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ظ (ẓ)), representing the sound /ðˤ/

Declension

Declension of noun ظَاء (ẓāʔ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ظَاء ẓāʔ	الظَّاء aẓ-ẓāʔ	ظَاء ẓāʔ
nominative	ظَاءٌ ẓāʔun	الظَّاءُ aẓ-ẓāʔu	ظَاءُ ẓāʔu
accusative	ظَاءً ẓāʔan	الظَّاءَ aẓ-ẓāʔa	ظَاءَ ẓāʔa
genitive	ظَاءٍ ẓāʔin	الظَّاءِ aẓ-ẓāʔi	ظَاءِ ẓāʔi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ظَاءَيْن ẓāʔayn	الظَّاءَيْن aẓ-ẓāʔayn	ظَاءَيْ ẓāʔay
nominative	ظَاءَانِ ẓāʔāni	الظَّاءَانِ aẓ-ẓāʔāni	ظَاءَا ẓāʔā
accusative	ظَاءَيْنِ ẓāʔayni	الظَّاءَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʔayni	ظَاءَيْ ẓāʔay
genitive	ظَاءَيْنِ ẓāʔayni	الظَّاءَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʔayni	ظَاءَيْ ẓāʔay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ظَاءَات ẓāʔāt	الظَّاءَات aẓ-ẓāʔāt	ظَاءَات ẓāʔāt
nominative	ظَاءَاتٌ ẓāʔātun	الظَّاءَاتُ aẓ-ẓāʔātu	ظَاءَاتُ ẓāʔātu
accusative	ظَاءَاتٍ ẓāʔātin	الظَّاءَاتِ aẓ-ẓāʔāti	ظَاءَاتِ ẓāʔāti
genitive	ظَاءَاتٍ ẓāʔātin	الظَّاءَاتِ aẓ-ẓāʔāti	ظَاءَاتِ ẓāʔāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: za
• → Classical Persian: ظَاء (zā')
  • Iranian Persian: ظا (zâ), ظاء (zâ')
  • Tajik: зо (zo)
• → Uzbek: zo

Persian

Dari	ظاء
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зо

Alternative forms

• ظا

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاء (ẓāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈzaːʔ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zā'
Dari reading?	zā'
Iranian reading?	zâ'
Tajik reading?	zo'

Noun

ظاء • (zâ')

1. the name of the Arabic script letter ظ

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ظاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ظاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim