ع

See also: غ, E, Ɛ, and Ƹ

ع U+0639, ع ARABIC LETTER AIN ← ظ [U+0638] Arabic غ → [U+063A]

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

ﻉ U+FEC9, ﻉ ARABIC LETTER AIN ISOLATED FORM ← ﻈ [U+FEC8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻊ → [U+FECA]

ﻊ U+FECA, ﻊ ARABIC LETTER AIN FINAL FORM ← ﻉ [U+FEC9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻋ → [U+FECB]

ﻋ U+FECB, ﻋ ARABIC LETTER AIN INITIAL FORM ← ﻊ [U+FECA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻌ → [U+FECC]

ﻌ U+FECC, ﻌ ARABIC LETTER AIN MEDIAL FORM ← ﻋ [U+FECB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻍ → [U+FECD]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ĩn]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [◌̃], [ʔ]

Letter

ع (’in) (no case)

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

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): 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, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢗 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹. See also Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿ, “ʿe”), Hebrew ע (ʿ, “ʿayin”), Ancient Greek Ο (O), Latin O.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʕ/

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn) (no case)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ (ẓ) and followed by غ (ḡ).
2. Z, unknown variable.

Symbol

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)

1. The sixteenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by س (s) and followed by ف (f).

Verb

عِ • (ʕi) (form I) /ʕi/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ع

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter

ع (transliteration needed) (no case)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

Letter

ع (’) (no case)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/, [ə]

Letter

ع (e) (no case)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

• This letter is a vowel when representing Chinese but considered a consonant when representing Arabic and Persian loans.

Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

ع • (ʿa)

1. see على

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /əːn/
• (phoneme): /∅/

Letter

ع • (ʿ) (no case)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ (z) and followed by غ.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ع
Cyrillic	Ғ, ғ
Latin	Ğ, ğ

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɣ/

Letter

ع • (ğ) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ғ or ғ)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ش and followed by ف.

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /æn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /-/

Letter

ع (‘ain) (no case)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ and followed by غ.

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʁe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʁ/

Letter

ع • (ğe) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ґ or ґ)

1. A letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: тамгалар (tamgalar) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﺀ, ﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, ۋ, ﻻ ^[edit]

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع (no case)

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

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال (al-).

Preposition

ع • (transliteration needed)

1. alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

Usage notes

• Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
• In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʕa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ع (no case)

1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ء) ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (`ain) (no case)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ and followed by غ.

Persian

Pronunciation

• (letter name)
  • (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /ajn/, [ʔäjn]
  • (Iran) IPA^(key): /ejn/, [ʔejn~ʔajn]
• (phonemes)
  • (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [ʔ] (or deleted)
  • (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [oː], [eː], [w], [j] (or deleted)

• Audio (Iran):

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• homophones: ا (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), ء (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).

Letter

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn) (no case)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Persian alphabet, called عین and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ and followed by غ.

Usage notes

• Since Persian approximated the Arabic ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the ء (“hamza/hamze”) in medial and final positions and ا (“alif/alef”) in word-initial positions.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Gurmukhi letter: ਅ (aiṛā), ੲ (īṛī), ੳ (ūṛā), ਾ (kannā), ੋ (hoṛā), ੇ (lā̃), ਹ (hāhā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aː/, /oː/, /eː/, /˩˥/, /˥˩/, /∅/

Letter

ع • (ʻain) (no case)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ظ (z̤ōē) and followed by غ (ġain).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

Letter

ع • (aen) (no case)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ and followed by غ.

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

South Levantine Arabic

Preposition

عـ • (ʕa-)

1. alternative form of على (ʕala)

Usage notes

• This is a shortened form of على (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال (il).

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʕ/ or silent

Letter

ع • ('ain) (no case)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ and followed by غ.