ذ

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).

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

ذ / ‍ذ‎ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذَال‎ (ḏāl), and is preceded by د‎ (d) and followed by ر‎ (r).

ذ / ‍ذ‎ • (ḏāl)

1. The twenty-fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by خ‎ (ḵ) and followed by ض‎ (ḍ).

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʕ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
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• Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, issue 1, →DOI, page 74

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

ذ (transliteration needed)

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

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

ذ (z)

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s], [d͡z]

ذ

1. The twelfth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

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

ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by د‎ (dāl) and followed by ر‎ (rāʔ).

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

ذ • (transliteration needed)

1. The seventeenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

• Previous letter: ڈ‎ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر‎ (r)

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

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

• Previous letter: ڈ‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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

ذ / ‍ذ‎

1. The tenth 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]

ذ (ḏi or ḏī)

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

     لفَاج ذِ مَطْرَانَهْ

     la-fāja ḏi maṭrāna

     The face of dawn

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

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

• Previous letter: ډ‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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

Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /z/

Letter name:

ذ • (z)

1. The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال‎ (zâl).

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].

• Previous letter: د‎
• Next letter: ر‎

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

ذ (zal)

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

• Previous letter: ڍ‎
• Next letter: ر‎

• ज़ (za)

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

ذ • (zāl)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

• Previous letter: ڈ‎ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر‎ (r)