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ع

See also: غ‎

ع U+0639, ع
ARABIC LETTER AIN
← ظ
[U+0638] 		Arabic غ →
[U+063A]
ﻉ U+FEC9, ﻉ
ARABIC LETTER AIN ISOLATED FORM
← ﻈ
[U+FEC8] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻊ →
[U+FECA]
ﻊ U+FECA, ﻊ
ARABIC LETTER AIN FINAL FORM
← ﻉ
[U+FEC9] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻋ →
[U+FECB]
ﻋ U+FECB, ﻋ
ARABIC LETTER AIN INITIAL FORM
← ﻊ
[U+FECA] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻌ →
[U+FECC]
ﻌ U+FECC, ﻌ
ARABIC LETTER AIN MEDIAL FORM
← ﻋ
[U+FECB] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻍ →
[U+FECD]

Arabic Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • (ʕayn)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ‎ (ẓ) and followed by غ‎ (ḡ).
  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 (')

  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

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
ع‎
Wikipedia ms

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)
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