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ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
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).
SymbolEdit
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 alsoEdit
- (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 (ʕ), 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
ReferencesEdit
- Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, issue 1, , page 74
BaltiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ (z)
- The eighteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
BurushaskiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ (z)
- The eighteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
ChineseEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ
- The twelfth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.
KashmiriEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ • (transliteration needed)
- The seventeenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See alsoEdit
KhowarEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ (zāl)
- The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See alsoEdit
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [zal]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [z]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [s]
LetterEdit
ذ / ذ
- The tenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See alsoEdit
MozarabicEdit
PrepositionEdit
ذ (ḏi or ḏī)
- Alternative spelling of ذي (ḏī)
ReferencesEdit
PashtoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ • (zâl)
- The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See alsoEdit
PersianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].
PronunciationEdit
Phoneme:
Letter name:
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ðɑːl/, /zɑːl/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /zɑːl/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /zɒːl/
LetterEdit
ذ • (z)
- The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).
Usage notesEdit
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 alsoEdit
SindhiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ذ (zal)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
See alsoEdit
UrduEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ज़ (za)
PronunciationEdit
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɑːl/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /z/
LetterEdit
ذ • (zāl)
- The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |