See also: غ, E, and Ɛ

ع U+0639, ع
ARABIC LETTER AIN
ظ
[U+0638]
Arabic غ
[U+063A]
U+FEC9, ﻉ
ARABIC LETTER AIN ISOLATED FORM

[U+FEC8]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECA]
U+FECA, ﻊ
ARABIC LETTER AIN FINAL FORM

[U+FEC9]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECB]
U+FECB, ﻋ
ARABIC LETTER AIN INITIAL FORM

[U+FECA]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECC]
U+FECC, ﻌ
ARABIC LETTER AIN MEDIAL FORM

[U+FECB]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECD]

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the Nabataean letter 𐢗 (ʿ, ʿayn), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, ʿayn), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹. See also Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿ, ʿe), Hebrew ע (ʿ, ʿayin), Ancient Greek Ο (O), Latin O.

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع (ʕayn)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ () and followed by غ ().
  2. Z, unknown variable.

Symbol edit

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع (ʕayn)

  1. The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by س (s) and followed by ف (f).

Verb edit

عِ (ʕi) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)

See also edit

Balti edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter edit

ع (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع ()

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

Chinese edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع (e)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes edit

  • This letter is a vowel when representing Chinese but considered a consonant when representing Arabic and Persian loans.

Egyptian Arabic edit

Preposition edit

ع (ʿa)

  1. see على

Kashmiri edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /əːn/
  • (phoneme): /∅/

Letter edit

ع (ʿ)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ظ (z)
  • Next letter: غ (ġ)

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ع
Cyrillic Ғ, ғ
Latin Ğ, ğ
Yañalif Ƣ, ƣ

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع (ğ)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

Khowar edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع (‘ain)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ظ
  • Next letter: غ

Kyrgyz edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع (ğe)

  1. The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

Malay edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [(ʔ)aen]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [(ʔ)]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [ʔ]

Letter edit

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع

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

See also edit

North Levantine Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

  • على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

Etymology edit

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, on, about) by haplology before the article ال (al-).

Preposition edit

ع (transliteration needed)

  1. Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

Usage notes edit

  • Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
  • In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʕa-l-bayt, to the house; home).

Pashto edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع (`ain)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ظ
  • Next letter: غ

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • homophones: ا (alif/alef) (word-initial), ء (hamza/hamze) (other positions).

Letter edit

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع ('ayn or 'eyn)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.

Usage notes edit

  • Since Persian approximated the Arabic ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the ء (hamza/hamze) in medial and final positions and ا (alif/alef) in word-initial positions.

Punjabi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

Letter edit

ع ('en)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ظ (z̤ōē)
  • Next letter: غ (ġen)

Sindhi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

Letter edit

ع (aen)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ظ
  • Next letter: غ

South Levantine Arabic edit

Preposition edit

عـ (ʕa-)

  1. Alternative form of على (ʕala)

Usage notes edit

  • This is a shortened form of على (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال (il).

Urdu edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ع ('ain)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ع ـع ـعـ عـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ظ (z)
  • Next letter: غ (ġ)