ذ

See also: د, ڈ, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

ذ U+0630, ذ ARABIC LETTER THAL ← د [U+062F] Arabic ر → [U+0631]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ذ	ـذ	ـذ	ذ

ﺫ U+FEAB, ﺫ ARABIC LETTER THAL ISOLATED FORM ← ﺪ [U+FEAA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺬ → [U+FEAC]

ﺬ U+FEAC, ﺬ ARABIC LETTER THAL FINAL FORM ← ﺫ [U+FEAB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺭ → [U+FEAD]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zai̯]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [d], [z]

Letter

ذ (zai)

1. The tenth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): 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]

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from د (d), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ð/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢅 (d).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ð/
• (Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /ð/, /d/, /z/

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called ذَال (ḏāl) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).

Symbol

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The twenty-fifth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ض (ḍ).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ذ

References

• Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ذ (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ذ (z)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s], [d͡z]

Letter

ذ

1. The twelfth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

• From Arabic ذ (ḏ). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish ذال (zel) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic ذْال

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zaːl/ ~ /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): (inherited) IPA^(key): /d/
• (phoneme): (Learned borrowing) IPA^(key): /z/ ~ /ð/
• (phoneme): (Bedouin) IPA^(key): /ð/

Letter

ذ • (d, z, ḏ)

1. The ninth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called ذال and written in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

The letter is pronounced as IPA^(key): /d/ for inherited terms and as IPA^(key): /z/ ~ /ð/ for learned borrowings from modern standard Arabic.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/, /ð/, /z/

Letter

ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by د (dāl) and followed by ر (rāʔ).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي ^[edit]

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (z)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڈ and followed by ر.

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڈ and followed by ر.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zal]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [z]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ

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

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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]

Mozarabic

Preposition

ذ (ḏi or ḏī)

1. alternative spelling of ذي (ḏī)
   • c. 1100, al-Aʕmā al-Tuṭīlī, Kharja A19:

     لفَاج ذِ مَطْرَانَهْ

     la-fāja ḏi maṭrāna

     The face of dawn

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ذ • (ẓʹ) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script, alternative form of ز (zʹ).

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic and Persian ذ (ḏ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈzɑːɫ/, /ˈzɛl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ / ذ- / ـذ- / ـذ • (zal, zel)

1. The eleventh letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, called ذال (zal) or ذل (zel) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by د and followed by ر.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی, ء ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zɑl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ډ and followed by ر.

Persian

Etymology

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].

Pronunciation

Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /z/

Letter name:

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈðaːl/, /ˈzaːl/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔl]

• Rhymes: -aːl

Readings
Classical reading?	ðāl, zāl
Dari reading?	zāl
Iranian reading?	zâl
Tajik reading?	zol

Letter

ذ • (z)

1. The eleventh letter of the Persian alphabet, called ذال (zâl) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by د and followed by ر.

Usage notes

In Classical Persian, the letters' phoneme was irregularly pronounced as [ð] or as [z]. Modern varieties of Persian lack the letter's original Arabic phoneme [ð] entirely, and have shifted the phoneme [ð] to [z].

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zäːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (ẕāl) (Gurmukhi equivalent ਜ਼ or ਜ)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڈ (ḍāl) and followed by ر (re).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (ẕāl) (Devanagari equivalent ज़ or ज, Khudabadi equivalent 𑋂𑋩 or 𑋂)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڍ (ḍh) and followed by ر (r).

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɑːl/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zāl) (Devanagari equivalent ज़ or ज)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڈ and followed by ر.