م U+0645, م
ARABIC LETTER MEEM
ل
[U+0644]
Arabic ن
[U+0646]
U+FEE1, ﻡ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM ISOLATED FORM

[U+FEE0]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEE2]
U+FEE2, ﻢ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM FINAL FORM

[U+FEE1]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEE3]
U+FEE3, ﻣ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM INITIAL FORM

[U+FEE2]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEE4]
U+FEE4, ﻤ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM MEDIAL FORM

[U+FEE3]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEE5]

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the Nabataean letter 𐢓 (m, mim), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, mem), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖. See also Classical Syriac ܡ (m, mīm), Hebrew מ (m, mem), Ancient Greek Μ (M), Latin M.

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م (mīm)

  1. the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n)
  2. p.m., after noon (abbreviation from مساء)
    See also: ص ()

Symbol edit

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م (mīm)

  1. the thirteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Semitic. Sometimes thought to be derived from the pronouns present in Arabic مَا (), Hebrew מה (, what), and مَن (man), מי (, who), so that, for example, مُدَرِّس (mudarris, teacher) is originally من يُدَرِّس (man yudarris, he who teaches). Compare also Arabic مَكْتُوب (maktūb) versus Hebrew כתוב (kāṯūḇ), both meaning “written”, with prefix in Arabic, but without in Hebrew.

Prefix edit

مَـ (ma-)

  1. a prefix used to create nouns of place
    خَبَزَ (ḵabaza, to bake)مَخْبِز (maḵbiz, bakery, literally place of making bread)
    دَرَسَ (darasa, to study)مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, school, literally place of studying)

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مِـ (mi-)

  1. a prefix used to create instrument nouns
    فَتَحَ (fataḥa, to open)مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ, key, literally instrument for opening)
    وَزَنَ (wazana, to weigh)مِيزَان (mīzān, scales, literally instrument of weighing)

Prefix edit

مُـ (mu-)

  1. a prefix that forms part of the pattern for participles from verb form II upwards, as well as all four-root verbs, i. e. all participles that are not from verb form I
    دَرَّسَ (darrasa, to teach)مُدَرِّسٌ (mudarrisun, teacher)
    اِسْتَشْفَى (istašfā, to seek a cure)مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan, hospital, literally place where cure is sought)

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Balti edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (transliteration needed)

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

Kashmiri edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (m)

  1. The thirty-seventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ل (l)
  • Next letter: ن (n)

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic م
Cyrillic М, м
Latin M, m
Yañalif M, m

Pronunciation edit

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م (m)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter М.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

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Khowar edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (mīm)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ڵ
  • Next letter: ن

Malay edit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation edit

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م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

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Pashto edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (mim)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/ (all dialects)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [m]
  • (file)

Letter edit

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم (mim)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل and followed by ن. Its name is میم (mim).

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-om).

Suffix edit

ـُم (-om)

Dari ـم
Iranian Persian
Tajik -ум
  1. -th; creates ordinal numbers
    پنجمpanj-omfifth
    بیست و یکمbist-o yek-omtwenty-first
  2. -th; creates fractions
    یک ششم میوهyek šeš-om-e mivea sixth of the fruit
Usage notes edit

An ordinal number formed by the suffix ـم (-om) behaves syntactically as a regular adjective, unlike the cardinals, and takes the ezâfe.

بیست قرنbist qarntwenty centuries
قرن بیستمqarn-e bistomtwentieth century

Persian has two ways to form the ordinals: ـم (-om), and the related ـمین (-omin). The -om forms have a stronger connotation of labeling, while the -omin forms have a stronger connotation of counting according to a certain criterion. The -omin forms also precede the attributed noun without the ezâfe.

خانه سوم خیابانxâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbânthird house on the street [out of all houses]
سومین خانه سیاه خیابانsevvomin xâne-ye siyâh-e xiyâbânthe third black house on the street

For "first" in isolation (but not in compounds), یکم (yekom) is much less common than the Arabic-borrowed اول (avval).

Etymology 3 edit

From می (mê-, mi-).

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

م (me, mo)

  1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of می, representing Mashhad and Hazaragi Persian.
    او جرأت نِمِکِرد. کی جرأت مِکِرد؟ (colloquial, Mashhad)
    u jor'at nemekerd. ki jor'at mekerd?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    چِی مُخرِی (colloquial, Hazaragi)
    čī muxrī?
    what are you eating

Sindhi edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (mīm)

  1. The forty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

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  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن

Southern Kurdish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Persian من (man).

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Pronoun edit

Northern Kurdish ez
Central Kurdish من (min)

م (mi)

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

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Urdu edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (mīm)

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

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ل (l)
  • Next letter: ن (n)

Uyghur edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (me)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

See also edit

  • Previous letter: ل (l)
  • Next letter: ن (n)

Yoruba edit

Pronunciation edit

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م (m)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script m..

Forms edit

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
م ـم ـمـ مـ

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  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن