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]

ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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()

SymbolEdit

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 2Edit

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.

PrefixEdit

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)

PrefixEdit

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)

PrefixEdit

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)

See alsoEdit

BaltiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (m)

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

BurushaskiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م

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

KashmiriEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (m)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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

KazakhEdit

Cyrillic М, м (M, m)
Arabic م
Latin

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (m)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

KhowarEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (mīm)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ڵ
  • Next letter: ن

MalayEdit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
م
Wikipedia ms

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم

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

See alsoEdit

PashtoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (mim)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن

PersianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

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 2Edit

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

SuffixEdit

ـُم (-om)

Dari ـم
Iranian Persian
Tajik -ум (-um)
  1. -th; creates ordinal numbers
    پنجم‎ ― panj-omfifth
    بیست و یکم‎ ― bist-o yek-omtwenty-first
  2. -th; creates fractions
    یک ششم میوه‎ ― yek šeš-om-e mivea sixth of the fruit
Usage notesEdit

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

بیست قرن‎ ― bist qarntwenty centuries
قرن بیستم‎ ― qarn-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 خیابان‎ ― xâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbânthird house on the street [out of all houses]
سومین خانه سیاه خیابان‎ ― sevvomin 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 3Edit

From می(mê-, mi-).

PrefixEdit

م (me, mo)

  1. (dialectal, Mashhad) A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses
    او جرأت نِمِکِرد. کی جرأت مِکِرد؟‎‎
    u jor'at nemekerd. ki jor'at mekerd?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

SindhiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (mīm)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن

UrduEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (mīm)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن

UyghurEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (me)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

م (m)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ل
  • Next letter: ن