ز

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See also: ژٕ, ژ, ڑ, ر, and j

ز U+0632, ز
ARABIC LETTER ZAIN
ر
Arabic س
U+FEAF, ﺯ
ARABIC LETTER ZAIN ISOLATED FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FEB0, ﺰ
ARABIC LETTER ZAIN FINAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢉 (l, zayin), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (l, zayin), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓈔?). See also Classical Syriac ܙ (l, zayin), Hebrew ז (l, zayin), Ancient Greek ζ (z), Latin Z.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zaːj/, /zajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز / ‍ز (zāy, zayn)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر (r) and followed by س (s).

Symbol

ز / ‍ز (zāy, zayn)

  1. The seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by و (w) and followed by ح ().

See also

Balti

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (transliteration needed)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

Letter

ز

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (z)

  1. The twentieth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

  • Previous letter: ڑ ()
  • Next letter: ژ (ċ)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ز
Cyrillic З, з
Latin Z, z
Yañalif Z, z

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (z)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter З.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (ze)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

  • Previous letter: ڑ
  • Next letter: ژ

Malay

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Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key):
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key):
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key):

Letter

ز / ‍ز

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

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (ze)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

  • Previous letter: ړ
  • Next letter: ژ

Persian

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Letter

ﺯ / ﺯ‍ / ﺰ / ‍ﺰ (ze)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر and followed by ژ. Its name is زه or زِ.

Preposition

Dari ز
Iranian Persian
Tajik зи

ز (ze)

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of از (az)
    زش/زو چه خواهی؟
    Zeš/zaš/zu če xâhi?[1]
    What do you want from him?.
    زش ز او پاسخ دهم اندر نهان؛ زش بپنداری میان مردمان[2]

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, ز”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2012 October 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 23 March 2012
  2. ^ Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (ze)

  1. The sixteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ز ـز ـزـ زـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ڑ (ṛe)
  • Next letter: ژ (žē)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (ze)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

  • Previous letter: ڙھ
  • Next letter: س

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (ze)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

  • Previous letter: ڑ ()
  • Next letter: ژ (ź)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

Letter

ز (ze)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ز ـز

See also

  • Previous letter: ر (r)
  • Next letter: ژ (zh)