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From the Nabataean letter 𐢗(ʿ, “ʿayn”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏(ʿ, “ʿayn”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹. See also Classical Syriac ܥ(ʿ, “ʿe”), Hebrew ע(ʿ, “ʿayin”), Ancient Greek Ο(O), Latin O.
The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by س(s) and followed by ف(f).
Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت(ʕa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).
The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.
Usage notes
Since Persian approximated the Arabic ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the ء(“hamza/hamze”) in medial and final positions and ا(“alif/alef”) in word-initial positions.
