ع

See also: غ, E, and Ɛ

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

Etymology

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

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʕ/

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)

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

Symbol

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)

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

عِ • (ʕi) (form I)

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

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter

ع (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

Letter

ع (’)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə/, [ə]

Letter

ع (e)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes

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

Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

ع • (ʿa)

see على

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (ʿ)

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

Forms

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

Kazakh

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

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɣ/

Letter

ع • (ğ)

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

Forms

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

Khowar

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /æn/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /-/

Letter

ع (‘ain)

The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ʁe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʁ/

Letter

ع • (ğe)

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

Forms

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

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

ع

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع

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

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Preposition

ع • (transliteration needed)

Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

Usage notes

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

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ʔain/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ع • (`ain)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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

Persian

Pronunciation

(letter name)
- (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /ajn/, [ʔäjn]
- (Iran) IPA^(key): /ejn/, [ʔejn~ʔajn]
(phonemes)
- (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [ʔ] (or deleted)
- (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [oː], [eː], [w], [j] (or deleted)
Audio (Iran): (file)

homophones: (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).

Letter

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn)

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

Usage notes

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

Punjabi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • ('en)

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

Forms

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (aen)

The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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

South Levantine Arabic

Preposition

عـ • (ʕa-)

Alternative form of على (ʕala)

Usage notes

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

Urdu

Pronunciation

(letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
(phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʕ/ or silent

Letter

ع • ('ain)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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