ظاء

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See also: طاء

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðˤaːʔ/

Noun

ظَاء • (ẓāʔ) f (plural ظَاءَات (ẓāʔāt))

Name of the seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ظ (ẓ)), representing the sound /ðˤ/

Declension

Declension of noun ظَاء (ẓāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَاء ẓāʔ	الظَّاء aẓ-ẓāʔ	ظَاء ẓāʔ
Nominative	ظَاءٌ ẓāʔun	الظَّاءُ aẓ-ẓāʔu	ظَاءُ ẓāʔu
Accusative	ظَاءً ẓāʔan	الظَّاءَ aẓ-ẓāʔa	ظَاءَ ẓāʔa
Genitive	ظَاءٍ ẓāʔin	الظَّاءِ aẓ-ẓāʔi	ظَاءِ ẓāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَاءَيْن ẓāʔayn	الظَّاءَيْن aẓ-ẓāʔayn	ظَاءَيْ ẓāʔay
Nominative	ظَاءَانِ ẓāʔāni	الظَّاءَانِ aẓ-ẓāʔāni	ظَاءَا ẓāʔā
Accusative	ظَاءَيْنِ ẓāʔayni	الظَّاءَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʔayni	ظَاءَيْ ẓāʔay
Genitive	ظَاءَيْنِ ẓāʔayni	الظَّاءَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʔayni	ظَاءَيْ ẓāʔay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَاءَات ẓāʔāt	الظَّاءَات aẓ-ẓāʔāt	ظَاءَات ẓāʔāt
Nominative	ظَاءَاتٌ ẓāʔātun	الظَّاءَاتُ aẓ-ẓāʔātu	ظَاءَاتُ ẓāʔātu
Accusative	ظَاءَاتٍ ẓāʔātin	الظَّاءَاتِ aẓ-ẓāʔāti	ظَاءَاتِ ẓāʔāti
Genitive	ظَاءَاتٍ ẓāʔātin	الظَّاءَاتِ aẓ-ẓāʔāti	ظَاءَاتِ ẓāʔāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: za
→ Classical Persian: ظَاء (zā')
- Iranian Persian: ظا (zâ), ظاء (zâ')
- Tajik: зо (zo)
→ Uzbek: zo

Persian


Iranian Persian	ظاء
Dari	ظاء
Tajik	зо

Alternative forms

ظا

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاء (ẓāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	zā'
Dari reading^?	zā'
Iranian reading^?	zâ'
Tajik reading^?	zoʾ

Noun

ظاء • (zâ')

the name of the Arabic script letter ظ

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ظاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ظاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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