ع

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʕ/

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • (ʿayn)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ‎ (ẓ) and followed by غ‎ (ḡ).
2. Z, unknown variable.

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • (ʿayn)

1. The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by س‎ (s) and followed by ف‎ (f).

عِ • (ʿi) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَعَى‎ (waʿā)

• (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)
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ع • (ʕa)

1. see على

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /æn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /-/

ع (‘ain)

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

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎

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

ع • (ğe)

1. The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ا), ب‎ (ب), پ‎ (پ), ﻥ‎ (ﻥ), ﺕ‎ (ﺕ), ﺝ‎ (ﺝ), ﭺ‎ (ﭺ), ﺡ‎ (ﺡ), ﻑ‎ (ﻑ), ﻕ‎ (ﻕ), ﻉ‎ (ﻉ), ك‎ (ك), گ‎ (گ), ڭ‎ (ڭ), ﻝ‎ (ﻝ), ﻡ‎ (ﻡ), و‎ (و), ۅ‎ (ۅ), ۉ‎ (ۉ), ﯗ‎ (ﯗ), ﯞ‎ (ﯞ), ﺱ‎ (ﺱ), ﺵ‎ (ﺵ), ﺩ‎ (ﺩ), ﺭ‎ (ﺭ), ﺯ‎ (ﺯ), ﻩ‎ (ﻩ), ﻯ‎ (ﻯ), ﯗﺀ‎ (ﯗﺀ), ﻰﺋ‎ (ﻰﺋ), ﻲ‎ (ﻲ), ﻯ‎ (ﻯ), ء‎ (ء), يۋ‎ (يۋ), ﻻ‎ (ﻻ),

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)aen]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [ʔ]

ﻉ / ﻋ / ﻌ / ‍ﻊ‎

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

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ 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]

• على‎ (ʿala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

From Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʿalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال‎ (al-). The short form is still commonest before the article but eventually came to be used in all contexts.

ع (ʿa)

1. on; upon; onto
2. about (a topic)
3. to (a place)

   ‏عم نسافر ع بيروت‎

   ʿami nsāfir ʿa bayrūt

   We’re travelling to Beirut.

• In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter, as in the example above. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʿa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).
• The personal forms are built from the stem ʿlay- or ʿalay- as in عليكن‎ (ʿ[a]laykun, “on you”).

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʔain/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

ع • (`ain)

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

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎

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ﻉ / ﻋ / ﻌ / ‍ﻊ • ('ain)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ‎ and followed by غ‎. Its name is عین‎.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

ع (aen)

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

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

ع • (ain)

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

• Previous letter: ظ‎
• Next letter: غ‎