See also: غ

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

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 (')

  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
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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)