ع

See also: غ‎

ع U+0639, ع
ARABIC LETTER AIN
← ظ
[U+0638] 		Arabic غ →
[U+063A]
ﻉ U+FEC9, ﻉ
ARABIC LETTER AIN ISOLATED FORM
← ﻈ
[U+FEC8] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻊ →
[U+FECA]
ﻊ U+FECA, ﻊ
ARABIC LETTER AIN FINAL FORM
← ﻉ
[U+FEC9] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻋ →
[U+FECB]
ﻋ U+FECB, ﻋ
ARABIC LETTER AIN INITIAL FORM
← ﻊ
[U+FECA] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻌ →
[U+FECC]
ﻌ U+FECC, ﻌ
ARABIC LETTER AIN MEDIAL FORM
← ﻋ
[U+FECB] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻍ →
[U+FECD]

Arabic

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

Letter

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.

Symbol

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).

Verb

عِ • (ʕi) (form I)

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

See also

Balti

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter

ع (')

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

Letter

ع (’)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ə/, [ə]

Letter

ع (e)

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

Usage notes
  • This letter is a vowel when representing Chinese but considered a consonant when representing Arabic and Persian loans.

Egyptian Arabic

Preposition

ع • (ʿa)

  1. see على

Kashmiri

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /əːn/
  • (phoneme): /∅/

Letter

ع • (ʿ)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ظ‎ (z)
  • Next letter: غ‎ (ġ)

Kazakh
Cyrillic Ғ, ғ (Ğ, ğ)
Arabic ع
Latin

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʕajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

ع • (ğ)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also

Khowar

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

Letter

ع (‘ain)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ظ‎
  • Next letter: غ‎

Kyrgyz

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

Letter

ع • (ğe)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also

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

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

See also

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms
  • على‎ (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʕalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال‎ (al-).

Preposition

ع • (transliteration needed)

  1. Alternative form of عَلَى‎ (ʿala)

Usage notes
  • Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
  • In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʕa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).

Pashto

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

Letter

ع • (`ain)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ظ‎
  • Next letter: غ‎

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ʔajn/
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ajn/
 
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʔajn/

  • Audio (Iranian Persian)(file)

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع‎ • ('ayn)

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

Punjabi

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

Letter

ع • ('en)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ظ‎ (z̤)
  • Next letter: غ‎ (ġ)

Sindhi

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

Letter

ع (aen)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ظ‎
  • Next letter: غ‎

South Levantine Arabic

Preposition

عـ • (ʕa-)

  1. Alternative form of على‎ (ʕala)

Usage notes
  • This is a shortened form of على‎ (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال‎ (il).

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ع • ('ain)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
عـعـعـعـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ظ‎
  • Next letter: غ‎
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