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Derived from ط (), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ðˤ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢋 ().

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ðˤ/
  • (Main dialectal variations): IPA(key): /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, /zˤ/

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ (ẓāʔ)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط () and followed by ع (ʕ).

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ (ẓāʔ)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ض () and followed by غ ().
  • Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, pages 73–74

ظ (transliteration needed)

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

ظ (z)

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

ظ (z)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad
  • Sound change occurs when representing Chinese.
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): (in inherited words) /dˤ/, (in learned loanwords) /zˤ/, /ðˤ/

ظ (ẓāʔ)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭāʔ) and followed by ع (ʕēn).
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ

ظ (z)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ
  • Previous letter: ط (t)
  • Next letter: ع (ʿ)

ظ (ẓo'e)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Khowar abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ
  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع
  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [zɔ]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [z]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [s]

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ

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

ظ (zwe)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ
  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع
Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading? zā, zoy
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading? zo

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ (zâ, zoy)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط and followed by ع. Its name is ظا.
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zoː.eː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

ظ (z̤ōē)

  1. The twenty-third letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ
  • Previous letter: ط (t̤ōē)
  • Next letter: ع ('en)

ظ (zo'e)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ
  • Previous letter: ط
  • Next letter: ع

ظ (zo'e)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Urdu abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ظ ـظ ـظـ ظـ
  • Previous letter: ط (t)
  • Next letter: ع