م

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م U+0645, م
ARABIC LETTER MEEM
← ل
[U+0644] 		Arabic ن →
[U+0646]
ﻡ U+FEE1, ﻡ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM ISOLATED FORM
← ﻠ
[U+FEE0] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻢ →
[U+FEE2]
ﻢ U+FEE2, ﻢ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM FINAL FORM
← ﻡ
[U+FEE1] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻣ →
[U+FEE3]
ﻣ U+FEE3, ﻣ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM INITIAL FORM
← ﻢ
[U+FEE2] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻤ →
[U+FEE4]
ﻤ U+FEE4, ﻤ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM MEDIAL FORM
← ﻣ
[U+FEE3] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻥ →
[U+FEE5]

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the Nabataean letter 𐢓 (m), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖. See also Classical Syriac ܡ (m, “mīm”), Hebrew מ (m, “mem”), Greek Μ, Latin M.

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م‎ • (mīm)

  1. the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل‎ (l) and followed by ن‎ (n)
  2. p.m., after noon (abbreviation from مساء‎)
    See also: ص‎ (ṣ)

Symbol[edit]

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م‎ • (mīm)

  1. the thirteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ل‎ (l) and followed by ن‎ (n).

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Semitic. Sometimes thought to be derived from the pronouns present in Arabic مَا‎ (mā), Hebrew מה‎ (mā, “what”), and مَن‎ (man), מי‎ (mī, “who”), so that, for example, مُدَرِّس‎ (mudarris, “teacher”) is originally من يُدَرِّس‎ (man yudarris, “he who teaches”). Compare also Arabic مَكْتُوب‎ (maktūb) versus Hebrew כתוב‎ (kāṯūḇ), both meaning “written”, with prefix in Arabic, but without in Hebrew.

Prefix[edit]

مَـ • (ma-)

  1. a prefix used to create nouns of place
    خَبَزَ‎ (ḵabaza, “to bake”) → مَخْبِز‎ (maḵbiz, “bakery”, literally “place of making bread”)
    دَرَسَ‎ (darasa, “to study”) → مَدْرَسَة‎ (madrasa, “school”, literally “place of studying”)

Prefix[edit]

مِـ • (mi-)

  1. a prefix used to create instrument nouns
    فَتَحَ‎ (fataḥa, “to open”) → مِفْتَاح‎ (miftāḥ, “key”, literally “instrument for opening”)
    وَزَنَ‎ (wazana, “to weigh”) → مِيزَان‎ (mīzān, “scales”, literally “instrument of weighing”)

Prefix[edit]

مُـ • (mu-)

  1. a prefix that forms part of the pattern for participles from verb form II upwards, as well as all four-root verbs, i. e. all participles that are not from verb form I
    دَرَّسَ‎ (darrasa, “to teach”) → مُدَرِّسٌ‎ (mudarrisun, “teacher”)
    اِسْتَشْفَى‎ (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) → مُسْتَشْفًى‎ (mustašfan, “hospital”, literally “place where cure is sought”)

See also[edit]

Balti[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م (transliteration needed)

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

Kashmiri[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م • (m)

  1. The thirty-seventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ل‎ (l)
  • Next letter: ن‎ (n)

Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic م
Cyrillic М, м
Latin M, m
Yañalif M, m

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م • (m)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter М.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

Khowar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م (mīm)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ڵ‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Malay[edit]

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
م‎
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم‎

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also[edit]

Pashto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م • (mim)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ل‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/ (all dialects)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [m]
  • Audio (Iran)(file)

Letter[edit]

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل‎ and followed by ن‎. Its name is میم‎ (mim).

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-om).

Suffix[edit]

ـُم • (-om)

Dari ـم
Iranian Persian
Tajik -ум
  1. -th; creates ordinal numbers
    ‏پنجم‎ ― panj-om ― fifth
    ‏بیست و یکم‎ ― bist-o yek-om ― twenty-first
  2. -th; creates fractions
    ‏یک ششم میوه‎ ― yek šeš-om-e mive ― a sixth of the fruit
Usage notes[edit]

An ordinal number formed by the suffix ـم‎ (-om) behaves syntactically as a regular adjective, unlike the cardinals, and takes the ezâfe.

‏بیست قرن‎ ― bist qarn ― twenty centuries
‏قرن بیستم‎ ― qarn-e bistom ― twentieth century

Persian has two ways to form the ordinals: ـم‎ (-om), and the related ـمین‎ (-omin). The -om forms have a stronger connotation of labeling, while the -omin forms have a stronger connotation of counting according to a certain criterion. The -omin forms also precede the attributed noun without the ezâfe.

‏خانه سوم خیابان‎ ― xâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbân ― third house on the street [out of all houses]
‏سومین خانه سیاه خیابان‎ ― sevvomin xâne-ye siyâh-e xiyâbân ― the third black house on the street

For "first" in isolation (but not in compounds), یکم‎ (yekom) is much less common than the Arabic-borrowed اول‎ (avval).

Etymology 3[edit]

From می‎ (mê-, mi-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Prefix[edit]

م • (me, mo)

  1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of می‎, representing Mashhad and Hazaragi Persian.
    ‏او جرأت نِمِکِرد. کی جرأت مِکِرد؟‎‎ (colloquial, Mashhad)
    u jor'at nemekerd. ki jor'at mekerd?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ‏چِی مُخرِی‎ (colloquial, Hazaragi)
    čī muxrī?
    what are you eating

Sindhi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م (mīm)

  1. The forty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ل‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Southern Kurdish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Persian من‎ (man).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

Northern Kurdish ez
Central Kurdish من‎ (min)

م (mi)

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

See also[edit]

Southern Kurdish personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person م‎ (mə) ئیمە‎ (iːmæ)
2nd person ت‎ (tə) ئیوە‎ (iːwæ)
3rd person ئەۊ‎ (əæyː) ئوان‎ (əwaːn)

Urdu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م • (mīm)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ل‎ (l)
  • Next letter: ن‎ (n)

Uyghur[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م • (me)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ل‎ (l)
  • Next letter: ن‎ (n)

Yoruba[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

م (m)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script m..

Forms[edit]

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: ل‎
  • Next letter: ن‎
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