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Arabic
Letter
◌ُ • (u )
ḍamma – ضَمَّة ( ḍamma ) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و ( wāw ) .
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Suffix
ـُ • (-u )
Forms the nominative determinative inflections of nouns .
اَلْـ ( al- , “ the ” ) + كِتَاب ( kitāb , “ book ” , informal ) + ـُ ( -u ) → اَلْكِتَابُ ( al-kitābu , “ the book ” , nominative )
بَيْت ( bayt , “ house ” , informal ) + ـُ ( -u ) → بَيْتُ ( baytu , “ house (of) ” , construct )
Forms the indicative mood of present-tense verbs .
يَقُول ( yaqūl , “ he says ” , informal ) + ـُ ( -u ) → يَقُولُ ( yaqūlu , “ he says ” , indicative )
Usage notes
Noun cases and verb moods are only used in formal language, otherwise, the bare stem is used instead.
It is elided after long vowels.
دُنْيَا ( dunyā , “ world ” ) + ـُ ( -u ) → دُنْيَا ( dunyā , “ world (of) ” )
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Arabic noun case markers
ـُ ( -u ) , ـٌ ( -un ) ( nominative singular )
ـًا ( -an ) , ـَ ( -a ) ( accusative singular )
ـٍ ( -in ) , ـِ ( -i ) ( genitive singular )
ـُونَ ( -ūna ) , ـُو ( -ū ) ( nominative plural )
ـِينَ ( -īna ) , ـِي ( -ī ) ( oblique plural )
Arabic verb mood markers
ـُ ( -u ) ( indicative singular )
ـَ ( -a ) ( subjunctive singular )
ـْ ( jussive singular )
ـِينَ ( -īna ) ( indicative feminine )
ـِي ( -ī ) ( non-indicative feminine )
ـُونَ ( -ūna ) ( indicative plural )
ـُوا ( -ū ) ( non-indicative plural )
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
Letter
◌ُ • (u )
a vowel sign of Kashmiri .
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Persian
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
pēš
Dari reading?
pēš
Iranian reading?
piš
Tajik reading?
peš
Readings
Classical reading?
u
Dari reading?
u
Iranian reading?
o
Tajik reading?
u
Letter
◌ُ • (u, o )
( Classical Persian , Dari ) pēš a short vowel diacritic , representing a 'short u'. It also indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و ( wâw )
( Iran ) piš a vowel diacritic indicating an 'o' sound.
See also
Arabic script letters : حروف ( horuf ) (script appendix ): ا , ب , پ , ت , ث , ج , چ , ح , خ , د , ذ , ر , ز , ژ , س , ش , ص , ض , ط , ظ , ع , غ , ف , ق , ک , گ , ل , م , ن , و , ه , ی