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See also: ط

ظ U+0638, ظ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH
← ط
 		Arabic ع →
ﻅ U+FEC5, ﻅ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH ISOLATED FORM
← ﻄ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻆ →
ﻆ U+FEC6, ﻆ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH FINAL FORM
← ﻅ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻇ →
ﻇ U+FEC7, ﻇ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH INITIAL FORM
← ﻆ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻈ →
ﻈ U+FEC8, ﻈ
ARABIC LETTER ZAH MEDIAL FORM
← ﻇ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻉ →

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from ط (ṭ), 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 (ṭ).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)

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

Symbol

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 (ḍ) and followed by غ (ḡ).

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, pages 73–74

Balti

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ (z)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ (z)

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

Usage notes

  • Sound change occurs when representing Chinese.

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ • (ẓāʔ)

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

Forms

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

See also

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ • (z)

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

Forms

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

See also

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

Khowar

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ (ẓo'e)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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

See also

  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

Malay

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ

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

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ • (zwe)

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

Forms

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

See also

  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

Persian

Pronunciation

 

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

Letter

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ • (z̤ōē)

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

Forms

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

See also

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ • (zo'e)

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

Forms

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

See also

  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ • (zo'e)

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

Forms

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

See also

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