م

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 (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)
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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

• IPA^(key): [mem]
• 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) 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): /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

From می (mē-, mi-).

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.

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): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) 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 (l)
• Next letter: ن (n)

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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)