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Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Derived from د (d), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ð/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢅 (d).
Pronunciation edit
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ðaːl/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ð/
- (Main dialectal variations): IPA(key): /ð/, /d/, /z/
Letter edit
ذ / ذ • (ḏāl)
- The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذَال (ḏāl), and is preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).
Symbol edit
ذ / ذ • (ḏāl)
- The twenty-fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ض (ḍ).
See also edit
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
- Search for entries beginning with ذ
References edit
- Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, , page 74
Balti edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ (transliteration needed)
- The eighteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ (z)
- The eighteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Chinese edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ
- The twelfth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.
Hijazi Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ • (ḏāl)
Forms edit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
Kashmiri edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ • (transliteration needed)
- The seventeenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Forms edit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also edit
Khowar edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ (zāl)
- The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.
Forms edit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also edit
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [zal]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [z]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [s]
Letter edit
ذ / ذ
- The tenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also edit
Mozarabic edit
Preposition edit
ذ (ḏi or ḏī)
- Alternative spelling of ذي (ḏī)
References edit
Pashto edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ • (zâl)
- The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms edit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].
Pronunciation edit
Phoneme:
Letter name:
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ðɑːl], [zɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zɔl]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ðāl, zāl |
Dari reading? | zāl |
Iranian reading? | zâl |
Tajik reading? | zol |
Letter edit
ذ • (z)
- The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).
Usage notes edit
In Classical Persian, the letters' phoneme was irregularly pronounced as [ð] or as [z]. Modern varieties of Persian lack the letter's original Arabic phoneme [ð] entirely, and have shifted the phoneme [ð] to [z].
See also edit
Sindhi edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ذ • (zal)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Forms edit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See also edit
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- ज़ (za)
Pronunciation edit
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɑːl/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /z/
Letter edit
ذ • (zāl)
- The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.
Forms edit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |