م

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م (m)

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

Forms

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

See also

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

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	М, м
Arabic	م

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (m)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ل‎
• Next letter: ن‎

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Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م (mīm)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ڵ‎
• Next letter: ن‎

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [mem]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [m]

Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم‎

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ 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]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mim)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ل‎
• Next letter: ن‎

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Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Letter

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

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

Suffix

ـم • (-om)

Dari Persian	ـم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-ум (-um)

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

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

‏بيست قرن‎ ― bist qarn ― twenty centuries

‏قرن بيستم‎ ― 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

From می‎ (mē-, mi-).

Prefix

م • (me, mo)

1. (dialectal, Mashhad) A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses

   او جرأت نِمِکِرد. کی جرأت مِکِرد؟‎

   U jor'at nemekerd. Ki jor'at mekerd?

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Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م (mīm)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ل‎
• Next letter: ن‎

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mīm)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ل‎
• Next letter: ن‎

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /me/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (me)

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

Forms

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

See also

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