ض

See also: ص

ض U+0636, ض ARABIC LETTER DAD ← ص [U+0635] Arabic ط → [U+0637]

ﺽ U+FEBD, ﺽ ARABIC LETTER DAD ISOLATED FORM ← ﺼ [U+FEBC] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺾ → [U+FEBE]

ﺾ U+FEBE, ﺾ ARABIC LETTER DAD FINAL FORM ← ﺽ [U+FEBD] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺿ → [U+FEBF]

ﺿ U+FEBF, ﺿ ARABIC LETTER DAD INITIAL FORM ← ﺾ [U+FEBE] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻀ → [U+FEC0]

ﻀ U+FEC0, ﻀ ARABIC LETTER DAD MEDIAL FORM ← ﺿ [U+FEBF] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻁ → [U+FEC1]

Translingual

Letter

ض

1. Arabic letter ḍād

Arabic

Etymology

It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. Early on, its sound was merged with ظ (ẓ) /ðˤ/, a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/. When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض (ḍ) in order to maintain its distinction from ظ (ẓ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dˤaːd/
• (phoneme):
  • IPA^(key): /dˤ/ (standard)
  • IPA^(key): /ðˤ/ (commonly in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Tunisia.)
  • IPA^(key): /ɮˤ/ (hypothesized pronunciation; classical Arabic)

Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (ḍād)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣ) and followed by ط (ṭ).

Derived terms

• لغة الضاد

Symbol

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (ḍād)

1. The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ظ (ẓ).

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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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ض (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ض (z)

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

Chinese

Letter

ض

1. The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes

• Only used with Arabic loans.

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dˤaːd/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /dˤ/

Letter

ض • (ḍād)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣād) and followed by ط (ṭāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (z)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص (s)
• Next letter: ط (t)

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض (z̤u'ād)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص
• Next letter: ط

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dɔt]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [d]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض

1. The sixteenth 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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (dwâd)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص
• Next letter: ط

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Dari, letter name) IPA^(key): /zɑːd/, /zwɑːt/, /zwɑːd/, /dwɑːd/
• (Iran, letter name) IPA^(key): /zɒːd/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

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Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (zâd)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص and followed by ط. Its name is ضاد (zâd), In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات (zwât) and ضواد (zwâd, zwâd).

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (zazzā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zwaːt/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /zᵊ/, /zwᵊ/

Letter

ض • (ẓwāt)

1. The twenty-first letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص (ṣwāt)
• Next letter: ط (t̤ōē)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (zwad)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص
• Next letter: ط

Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (zvād)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص (s)
• Next letter: ط (t)