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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • (ʿayn)

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

Symbol

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • (ʿayn)

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

عِ • (ʕi) (form I)

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

See also

• (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)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter

ع (')

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

Letter

ع (’)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/, [ə]

Letter

ع (e)

1. 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)

1. see على

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (ʿ)

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

Forms

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

See also

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

Kazakh

Cyrillic	Ғ, ғ (Ğ, ğ)
Arabic	ع
Latin

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (ğ)

1. 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

See also

• Previous letter: ش‎
• Next letter: ف‎
• (Arabic script letters) 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.

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع (‘ain)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (ğe)

1. 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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) 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, ﯗﺀ‎, ﻰﺋ‎, ﻲ‎, ﻯ‎, ء‎, يۋ‎, ﻻ‎,

Malay

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

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ 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

Alternative forms

• على‎ (ʿala) (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)

1. Alternative form of عَلَى‎ (ʿala)

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 (ʿa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (`ain)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔajn/

 

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔajn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔajn/
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ajn/

 

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔejn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔejn/
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ejn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ʔajn/

• Audio (Iranian Persian)

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Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • ('ayn)

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع (aen)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎

South Levantine Arabic

Preposition

عـ • (ʕa-)

1. 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)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎