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See also: ع

غ U+063A, غ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN
ع
Arabic ػ
U+FECD, ﻍ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN ISOLATED FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FECE, ﻎ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN FINAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FECF, ﻏ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN INITIAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FED0, ﻐ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN MEDIAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from ع (ʕ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ɣ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢗 (ʿ).

Pronunciation

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ (ḡayn)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع (ʕ) and followed by ف (f).

Symbol

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ (ḡayn)

  1. The twenty-eighth and final letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ظ ().

See also

References

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

Balti

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (ġ)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (ḡēn)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is غين (ḡēn), and is preceded by ع (ʕēn) and followed by ف (fāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡəːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/

Letter

غ (ġ)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع (ʿ)
  • Next letter: ف (f)

Khowar

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (ghain)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ڠ

Malay

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ

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

See also

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of غادي (ḡādi).

Pronunciation

Particle

غـ (ḡa)

  1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

Pashto

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (ǧayn)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ف

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ğayn
Dari reading? ğayn
Iranian reading? ğeyn
Tajik reading? ġayn

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ (ğayn)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع and followed by ف. Its name is غین.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣɛːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ (ƣaen)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ف

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (ġain)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ف (f)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (ghe)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ش (sh)
  • Next letter: ف (f)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

غ (g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ف
  • Next letter: ڠ