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ض
- Arabic letter ḍād
It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. The sound that was represented the letter ḍād in the Arabic alphabet when it was introduced is somewhat uncertain, most likely being introduced on late 7th to early 8th centuries. Early on, its sound was merged with ظ (ẓ) /ðˤ/, a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/. When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض (ḍ) in order to maintain its distinction from ظ (ẓ).
ض / ض / ض / ض • (ḍād)
ض / ض / ض / ض • (ḍād)
- The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ظ (ẓ).
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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ض (transliteration needed)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
ض (z)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
ض
- The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad
- Only used with Arabic loans.
ض • (ḍād)
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |
ض • (z)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |
ض (z̤u'ād)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [dɔt]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [d]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [t̚]
ض / ض / ض / ض
- The sixteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
ض • (dwâd)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |
- (Dari, letter name) IPA(key): /zɑːd/, /zwɑːt/, /zwɑːd/, /dwɑːd/
- (Iran, letter name) IPA(key): /zɒːd/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /z/
ض / ض / ض / ض • (zâd)
ض • (ẓwāt)
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |
ض • (zwad)
- The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zʋɑːd̪/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /z/
ض • (zvād)
- The twenty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |