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Arabic
Etymology
د (d) distinguished by a point, written with that sign before the invention of such points (in rasm) because the scribes understood that Arabic /ð/ is represented in Nabataean words that are by their lineage related to the Arabic words that have /ð/ in them by /d/ written by the Nabataean 𐢅 (d), from which the Arabic د (d) for /d/ descends.
Letter
ذ / ذ • (ḏāl)
Symbol
ذ / ذ • (ḏāl)
See also
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ā), ب (b), ت (t), ث (ṯ), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), د (d), ذ (ḏ), ر (r), ز (z), س (s), ش (š), ص (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط (ṭ), ظ (ẓ), ع (ʿ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), ل (l), م (m), ن (n), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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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, issue 1, DOI:, page 74
Khowar
Forms
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
Malay
Pronunciation
Pashto
Letter
ذ • (zâl)
- The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
Persian
Alternative forms
- ﺫ ﺫ ﺬ ﺬ
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ﺫ | ﺫ | ﺬ | ﺬ |
Isolated | Initial | Medial | Final |
Etymology
From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð]. Persian lack a phoneme for that sound, so it is pronounced as /z/.
Sindhi
Forms
Isolated form | Final form |
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ذ | ـذ |
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