ز

See also: ژٕ, ژ, ڑ, ر, and j

ز U+0632, ز ARABIC LETTER ZAIN ← ر [U+0631] Arabic س → [U+0633]

ﺯ U+FEAF, ﺯ ARABIC LETTER ZAIN ISOLATED FORM ← ﺮ [U+FEAE] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺰ → [U+FEB0]

ﺰ U+FEB0, ﺰ ARABIC LETTER ZAIN FINAL FORM ← ﺯ [U+FEAF] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺱ → [U+FEB1]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢉 (l, “zayin”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (l, “zayin”), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓈔?). See also Classical Syriac ܙ (l, “zayin”), Hebrew ז (l, “zayin”), Ancient Greek ζ (z), Latin Z.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zaːj/, /zajn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ز / ‍ز • (zāy, zayn)

1. The eleventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر (r) and followed by س (s).

Symbol

ز / ‍ز • (zāy, zayn)

1. The seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by و (w) and followed by ح (ḥ).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ز

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ز (transliteration needed)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ز (transliteration needed)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɻ/, [ɻ~ʐ]

Letter

ز

1. The fourteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز • (z)

1. The twentieth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Previous letter: ڑ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ژ (ċ)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ز
Cyrillic	З, з
Latin	Z, z
Yañalif	Z, z

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز • (z)

1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter З.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Previous letter: ر
• Next letter: س

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز (ze)

1. The twentieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Previous letter: ڑ
• Next letter: ژ

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز / ‍ز

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

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, 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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز • (ze)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Previous letter: ړ
• Next letter: ژ

Persian

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

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Letter

ﺯ / ﺯ‍ / ﺰ / ‍ﺰ • (ze)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر and followed by ژ. Its name is زه or زِ.

Preposition

Dari	ز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зи

ز • (ze)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of از (az)

   زش/زو چه خواهی؟

   Zeš/zaš/zu če xâhi?

   What do you want from him?.

   زش ز او پاسخ دهم اندر نهان؛ زش بپنداری میان مردمان

Synonyms

• از (az)

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (za)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز • (ze)

1. The sixteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ز	ـز	ـزـ	زـ

See also

• Previous letter: ڑ (ṛe)
• Next letter: ژ (žē)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز • (ze)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]
• Previous letter: ڙھ
• Next letter: س

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (ze)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Previous letter: ڑ (ṛ)
• Next letter: ژ (ź)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز • (ze)

1. The eleventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ز	ـز

See also

• Previous letter: ر (r)
• Next letter: ژ (zh)