ذ

See also: د, ڈ, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

ذ U+0630, ذ ARABIC LETTER THAL ← د [U+062F] Arabic ر → [U+0631]

ﺫ U+FEAB, ﺫ ARABIC LETTER THAL ISOLATED FORM ← ﺪ [U+FEAA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺬ → [U+FEAC]

ﺬ U+FEAC, ﺬ ARABIC LETTER THAL FINAL FORM ← ﺫ [U+FEAB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺭ → [U+FEAD]

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from د (d), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ð/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢅 (d).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ð/
• (Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /ð/, /d/, /z/

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذَال (ḏāl), and is preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).

Symbol

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The twenty-fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ض (ḍ).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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References

• Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ذ (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ذ (z)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s], [d͡z]

Letter

ذ

1. The twelfth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/, /ð/, /z/

Letter

ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by د (dāl) and followed by ر (rāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (transliteration needed)

1. The seventeenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر (r)

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ
• Next letter: ر

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zal]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [z]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) 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]

Mozarabic

Preposition

ذ (ḏi or ḏī)

1. Alternative spelling of ذي (ḏī)
   • c. 1100, al-Aʕmā al-Tuṭīlī, Kharja A19 :

     لفَاج ذِ مَطْرَانَهْ

     la-fāja ḏi maṭrāna

     The face of dawn

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zɑl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ډ
• Next letter: ر

Persian

Etymology

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].

Pronunciation

Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /z/

Letter name:

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ðɑːl], [zɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	ðāl, zāl
Dari reading?	zāl
Iranian reading?	zâl
Tajik reading?	zol

Letter

ذ • (z)

1. The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).

Usage notes

In Classical Persian, the letters' phoneme was irregularly pronounced as [ð] or as [z]. Modern varieties of Persian lack the letter's original Arabic phoneme [ð] entirely, and have shifted the phoneme [ð] to [z].

See also

• Previous letter: د
• Next letter: ر

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (za)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zäːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (ẕāl)

1. The thirteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ذ	ـذ	ـذـ	ذـ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍāl)
• Next letter: ر (re)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zal)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڍ
• Next letter: ر

Urdu

Alternative forms

• ज़ (za)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɑːl/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zāl)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر (r)