See also: ص

ض U+0636, ض
ARABIC LETTER DAD
ص
[U+0635]
Arabic ط
[U+0637]
U+FEBD, ﺽ
ARABIC LETTER DAD ISOLATED FORM

[U+FEBC]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEBE]
U+FEBE, ﺾ
ARABIC LETTER DAD FINAL FORM

[U+FEBD]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺿ
[U+FEBF]
ﺿ U+FEBF, ﺿ
ARABIC LETTER DAD INITIAL FORM

[U+FEBE]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEC0]
U+FEC0, ﻀ
ARABIC LETTER DAD MEDIAL FORM
ﺿ
[U+FEBF]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEC1]

TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

ض

  1. Arabic letter ḍād

ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

The original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. Early on, this sound was merged with ظ() /ðˤ/, a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/. When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض () in order to maintain its distinction from ظ ().

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dˤaːd/
  • (phoneme):
    • IPA(key): /dˤ/ (contemporary standard)
    • IPA(key): /ðˤ/ (commonly in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula)
    • IPA(key): /ɮˤ/ (classical Arabic; obsolete)

LetterEdit

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض (ḍād)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص() and followed by ط().

Derived termsEdit

SymbolEdit

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض (ḍād)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ذ() and followed by ظ().

See alsoEdit

BaltiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (z)

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

BurushaskiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (z)

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

ChineseEdit

LetterEdit

ض

  1. The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notesEdit

KashmiriEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

FormsEdit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ض ـض ـضـ ضـ

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ص(s)
  • Next letter: ط(t)

KhowarEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (z̤u'ād)

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

FormsEdit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ض ـض ـضـ ضـ

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط

MalayEdit

 
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ض
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PronunciationEdit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [dɔt]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [d]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [t̚]

LetterEdit

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض

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

See alsoEdit

PashtoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (dwâd)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

FormsEdit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ض ـض ـضـ ضـ

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط

PersianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Phoneme: IPA(key): /z/
    (file)

LetterEdit

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض (zâd)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص‎ and followed by ط‎. Its name is ضاد(zâd), In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات(zwât) and ضواد(zwâd, zwâd).

PunjabiEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zwaːt/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /zᵊ/, /zwᵊ/

LetterEdit

ض (ẓwāt)

  1. The twenty-first letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

FormsEdit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ض ـض ـضـ ضـ

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ص(ṣwāt)
  • Next letter: ط(t̤ōē)

SindhiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (zwad)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.

FormsEdit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ض ـض ـضـ ضـ

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط

UrduEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ض (zvād)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.

FormsEdit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ض ـض ـضـ ضـ

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط