غ

See also: ع

غ U+063A, غ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN
ع
[U+0639]
Arabic ػ
[U+063B]
U+FECD, ﻍ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN ISOLATED FORM

[U+FECC]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECE]
U+FECE, ﻎ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN FINAL FORM

[U+FECD]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECF]
U+FECF, ﻏ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN INITIAL FORM

[U+FECE]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED0]
U+FED0, ﻐ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN MEDIAL FORM

[U+FECF]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED1]

Arabic

Etymology

ع (ʿ) distinguished by a point, written with that sign before the invention of such points (in rasm) because the scribes understood that Arabic /ɣ/ is represented in Nabataean words that are by their lineage related to the Arabic words that have /ɣ/ in them by /ʕ/ written by the Nabataean 𐢗 (ʿ), from which the Arabic ع (ʿ) for /ʕ/ descends.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ (ḡayn)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع (ʿ) and followed by ف (f).

Symbol

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ (ḡayn)

  1. The twenty-eighth and final letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ظ ().

See also

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:10.2307/43075525, page 74

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈɣeːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/
  • (allophones): IPA(key): [ɣ], [ʁ]

Letter

غ (ḡēn)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is غين (ḡēn), and is preceded by ع (ʿēn) and followed by ف (fāʾ).

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
غـغـغـغـ

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣæn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ (ghain)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
غـغـغـغـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ڠ

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɣaen], [ɣen]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial only) IPA(key): [ɣ]

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ

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

See also


Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ (ǧayn)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
غـغـغـغـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ف

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Letter

ﻍ / ﻏ / ﻐ / ‍ﻎ (ghain)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع and followed by ف. Its name is غین.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣɛːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ (ƣaen)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
غـغـغـغـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ف

Urdu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣɛːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ (ghain)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
غـغـغـغـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ع
  • Next letter: ف

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʁe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʁ/

Letter

غ (ghe)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
غـغـغـغـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ش (sh)
  • Next letter: ف (f)
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