ذال

See also: دال

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaːl/

Noun

ذَال • (ḏāl) f (plural ذَالَات (ḏālāt))

1. Name of the ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ذ (ḏ)), representing the sound /ð/

Declension

Declension of noun ذَال (ḏāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَال ḏāl	الذَّال aḏ-ḏāl	ذَال ḏāl
Nominative	ذَالٌ ḏālun	الذَّالُ aḏ-ḏālu	ذَالُ ḏālu
Accusative	ذَالًا ḏālan	الذَّالَ aḏ-ḏāla	ذَالَ ḏāla
Genitive	ذَالٍ ḏālin	الذَّالِ aḏ-ḏāli	ذَالِ ḏāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَالَيْن ḏālayn	الذَّالَيْن aḏ-ḏālayn	ذَالَيْ ḏālay
Nominative	ذَالَانِ ḏālāni	الذَّالَانِ aḏ-ḏālāni	ذَالَا ḏālā
Accusative	ذَالَيْنِ ḏālayni	الذَّالَيْنِ aḏ-ḏālayni	ذَالَيْ ḏālay
Genitive	ذَالَيْنِ ḏālayni	الذَّالَيْنِ aḏ-ḏālayni	ذَالَيْ ḏālay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَالَات ḏālāt	الذَّالَات aḏ-ḏālāt	ذَالَات ḏālāt
Nominative	ذَالَاتٌ ḏālātun	الذَّالَاتُ aḏ-ḏālātu	ذَالَاتُ ḏālātu
Accusative	ذَالَاتٍ ḏālātin	الذَّالَاتِ aḏ-ḏālāti	ذَالَاتِ ḏālāti
Genitive	ذَالَاتٍ ḏālātin	الذَّالَاتِ aḏ-ḏālāti	ذَالَاتِ ḏālāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zal
• → Classical Persian: ذَال (zāl)
  • Iranian Persian: ذال (zâl)
  • Tajik: зол (zol)
• → Uzbek: zol

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَال (ḏāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	zāl
Dari reading?	zāl
Iranian reading?	zâl
Tajik reading?	zol

Noun

Dari	ذال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зол

ذال • (zâl)

1. the letter ذ