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]

Translingual edit

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ض

  1. Arabic letter ḍād

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. Early on, its 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 ().

Pronunciation edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dˤaːd/
  • (phoneme):
    • IPA(key): /dˤ/ (standard)
    • IPA(key): /ðˤ/ (commonly in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Tunisia.)
    • IPA(key): /ɮˤ/ (hypothesized pronunciation; classical Arabic)

Letter edit

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض (ḍād)

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

Derived terms edit

Symbol edit

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 ().

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Balti edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (z)

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

Chinese edit

Letter edit

ض

  1. The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes edit

Hijazi Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dˤaːd/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /dˤ/

Letter edit

ض (ḍād)

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

Forms edit

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

Kashmiri edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (z)

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

Forms edit

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

See also edit

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

Khowar edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (z̤u'ād)

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

Forms edit

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

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط

Malay edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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

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ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض

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

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Pashto edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (dwâd)

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

Forms edit

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

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Phoneme: IPA(key): /z/
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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).

Punjabi edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

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

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ض (ẓwāt)

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

Forms edit

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

See also edit

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

Sindhi edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (zwad)

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

Forms edit

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

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ص
  • Next letter: ط

Urdu edit

Pronunciation edit

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ض (zvād)

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

Forms edit

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

See also edit

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