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.
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.
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).
عِ • (ʕi) (form I) /ʕi/
- second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)
- Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي [edit]
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- (letter name): IPA(key): /əːn/
- (phoneme): /∅/
ع • (ʿ)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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- Previous letter: ظ (z)
- Next letter: غ (ġ)
ع • (ğ)
- The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.
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- Previous letter: ش
- Next letter: ف
- Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي [edit]
ع (‘ain)
- The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.
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ع • (ğe)
- The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ
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- Arabic script letters: тамгалар (tamgalar) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﺀ, ﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, ۋ, ﻻ [edit]
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [(ʔ)aen]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [(ʔ)]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [ʔ]
ع / ع / ع / ع
- The nineteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
- Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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]
North Levantine Arabic
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- على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)
From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال (al-).
ع • (transliteration needed)
- Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)
- 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”).
ع • (`ain)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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- Previous letter: ظ
- Next letter: غ
- homophones: ا (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), ء (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).
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.
- 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.
Gurmukhi letter: ਅ (aiṛā), ੲ (īṛī), ੳ (ūṛā), ਾ (kannā), ੋ (hoṛā), ੇ (lā̃), ਹ (hāhā)
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛːn/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /aː/, /oː/, /eː/, /˩˥/, /˥˩/, /∅/
ع • (ʻain)
- The twenty-fourth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
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- Previous letter: ظ (z̤ōē)
- Next letter: غ (ġain)
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛːn/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent
ع • (aen)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
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- Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي [edit]
- Previous letter: ظ
- Next letter: غ
South Levantine Arabic
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عـ • (ʕa-)
- Alternative form of على (ʕala)
- This is a shortened form of على (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال (il).
ع • ('ain)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.
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- Previous letter: ظ (z)
- Next letter: غ (ġ)
