ظ

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ظ U+0638, ظ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH
ط
[U+0637]
Arabic ع
[U+0639]
U+FEC5, ﻅ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH ISOLATED FORM

[U+FEC4]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEC6]
U+FEC6, ﻆ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH FINAL FORM

[U+FEC5]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEC7]
U+FEC7, ﻇ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH INITIAL FORM

[U+FEC6]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEC8]
U+FEC8, ﻈ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH MEDIAL FORM

[U+FEC7]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEC9]

Arabic

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Etymology

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Derived from ط (), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ðˤ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢋 ().

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ðˤ/
  • (Main dialectal variations): IPA(key): /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, /zˤ/

Letter

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ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ (ẓāʔ)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط () and followed by ع (ʕ).

Symbol

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ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ (ẓāʔ)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ض () and followed by غ ().

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References

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  • Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, pages 73–74

Balti

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (z)

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

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (z)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes

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  • Sound change occurs when representing Chinese.

Hijazi Arabic

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): (in inherited words) /dˤ/, (in learned loanwords) /zˤ/, /ðˤ/

Letter

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ظ (ẓāʔ)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭāʔ) and followed by ع (ʕēn).

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

Kashmiri

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (z)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

See also

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  • Previous letter: ط (t)
  • Next letter: ع (ʿ)

Khowar

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (ẓo'e)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

See also

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  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

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  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [zɔ]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [z]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [s]

Letter

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ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ

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

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Pashto

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (zwe)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

See also

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  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading? zā, zoy
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading? zo

Letter

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ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ (zâ, zoy)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط and followed by ع. Its name is ظا.

Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zoː.eː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

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ظ (z̤ōē)

  1. The twenty-third letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

See also

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  • Previous letter: ط (t̤ōē)
  • Next letter: ع ('en)

Sindhi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (zo'e)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

See also

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  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ظ (zo'e)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

See also

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  • Previous letter: ط (t)
  • Next letter: ع