ظ

Etymology

Derived from ط (ṭ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ðˤ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢋 (ṭ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ðˤ/
• (Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, /zˤ/

Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ع (ʕ).

Symbol

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)

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

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, pages 73–74

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ظ (transliteration needed)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ظ (z)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s~d͡z]

Letter

ظ (z)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): (in inherited words) /dˤ/, (in learned loanwords) /zˤ/, /ðˤ/

Letter

ظ • (ẓāʔ)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭāʔ) and followed by ع (ʕēn).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ • (z)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ (ẓo'e)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ • (zwe)

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

Pronunciation

Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (zâ, zoy)

1. The twentieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط and followed by ع. Its name is ظا.

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (zazzā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zoː.eː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ظ • (z̤ōē)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ظ • (zo'e)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zoː.eː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ظ • (zo'e)

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