ذ

See also: د‎, ڈ‎, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

ذ U+0630, ذ ARABIC LETTER THAL ← د [U+062F] Arabic ر → [U+0631]

ﺫ U+FEAB, ﺫ ARABIC LETTER THAL ISOLATED FORM ← ﺪ [U+FEAA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺬ → [U+FEAC]

ﺬ U+FEAC, ﺬ ARABIC LETTER THAL FINAL FORM ← ﺫ [U+FEAB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺭ → [U+FEAD]

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Arabic

Etymology 1

د‎ (d) distinguished by a point, written with that sign before the invention of such points (in rasm) because the scribes understood that Arabic /ð/ is represented in Nabataean words that are by their lineage related to the Arabic words that have /ð/ in them by /d/ written by the Nabataean 𐢅‎ (d), from which the Arabic د‎ (d) for /d/ descends.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ð/

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ‎ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by د‎ (d) and followed by ر‎ (r).

Symbol

ذ / ‍ذ‎ • (ḏāl)

1. 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

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ذ

References

• Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia, volume 49, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/43075525, page 74

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ذٰ • (ḏā) m sg

1. Classical Arabic spelling of ذَا‎ (ḏā)

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Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zal]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [z]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ‎

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zɑl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ډ‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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Persian

Alternative forms

• ﺫ ﺫ‍ ﺬ ‍ﺬ

Written forms
ﺫ	ﺫ‍	ﺬ ‍	‍ﺬ
Isolated	Initial	Medial	Final

Etymology

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð]. Persian lack a phoneme for that sound, so it is pronounced as /z/.

Pronunciation

• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /z/
• Letter name: IPA^(key): /zɒːl/

Letter

ذ • (z)

1. The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال‎ (zâl).

See also

• Previous letter: د‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zal)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڍ‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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Urdu

Alternative forms

• ज़ (za)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zal)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ‎
• Next letter: ر‎