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From the Nabataean letter 𐢗 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹. See also Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿ, “ʿe”), Hebrew ע (ʿ, “ʿayin”), Ancient Greek Ο (O), Latin O.

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

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)

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 • (ʕayn)

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 • (ʕi) (form I) /ʕi/

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

• (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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• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

ع (transliteration needed)

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

ع (’)

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

• IPA^(key): /ə/, [ə]

ع (e)

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

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

ع • (ʿa)

1. see على

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

ع • (ʿ)

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

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

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

ع • (ğ)

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

• Previous letter: ش
• Next letter: ف
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

• (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, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﯗﺀ, ﻰﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, يۋ, 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) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ 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 (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

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

ع • (transliteration needed)

1. Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

• 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”).

• (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

• (letter name)
  • (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /ajn/, [ʔäjn]
  • (Iran) IPA^(key): /ejn/, [ʔejn~ʔajn]
• (phonemes)
  • (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [ʔ] (or deleted)
  • (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [oː], [eː], [w], [j] (or deleted)

• homophones: ا (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), ء (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn)

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

• Since Persian approximated the Arabic ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the ء (“hamza/hamze”) in medial and final positions and ا (“alif/alef”) in word-initial positions.

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

ع • ('en)

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

• Previous letter: ظ (z̤ōē)
• Next letter: غ (ġen)

• (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

عـ • (ʕa-)

1. Alternative form of على (ʕala)

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

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

ع • ('ain)

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

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