Translingual
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Etymology
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It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. Early on, its sound was merged with ظ (ẓ) /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 (ḍ) in order to maintain its distinction from ظ (ẓ).
Pronunciation
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- (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)
ض / ض / ض / ض • (ḍād)
- The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣ) and followed by ط (ṭ).
Derived terms
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ض / ض / ض / ض • (ḍād)
- 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 (ḏ) and followed by ظ (ẓ).
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- (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)
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Burushaski
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Hijazi Arabic
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Pronunciation
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ض • (ḍād)
- The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣād) and followed by ط (ṭāʔ).
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Kashmiri
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Pronunciation
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ض • (z)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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- Previous letter: ص (s)
- Next letter: ط (t)
Pronunciation
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ض (z̤u'ād)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.
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- Previous letter: ص
- Next letter: ط
Pronunciation
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- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [dɔt]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [d]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [t̚]
ض / ض / ض / ض
- The sixteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
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- (Arabic script letters) 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]
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ض • (dwâd)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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ض / ض / ض / ض • (zâd)
- 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).
Alternative forms
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Pronunciation
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- (letter name): IPA(key): /zwaːt/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /zᵊ/, /zwᵊ/
ض • (ẓwāt)
- The twenty-first letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
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- Previous letter: ص (ṣwāt)
- Next letter: ط (t̤ōē)
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ض (zwad)
- The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.
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- Previous letter: ص
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ض • (zvād)
- The twenty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.
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- Previous letter: ص (s)
- Next letter: ط (t)