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ع

ع

ع	U+0639, ع ARABIC LETTER AIN

← ظ
[U+0638]

Arabic

غ →
[U+063A]

See also: غ

Arabic

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • ‎(ʿayn)

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

Symbol

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • ‎(ʿayn)

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).

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)
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Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

ع • ‎(ʕa)

see على

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع ‎(‘ain)

The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

See also

Previous letter: ظ
Next letter: غ

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • ‎(ƣe)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

See also

(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),

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ﻉ / ﻋ / ﻌ / ‍ﻊ

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

See also

(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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • ‎(`ain)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

See also

Previous letter: ظ
Next letter: غ

Persian

Pronunciation

Letter

ﻉ / ﻋ / ﻌ / ‍ﻊ • ‎('ain)

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع ‎(aen)

The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

See also

Previous letter: ظ
Next letter: غ

Urdu

Alternative forms

आ ‎(ā)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • ‎(ain)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

See also

Previous letter: ظ
Next letter: غ