ع

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)

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

• (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), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
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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,‎ Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value),‎ 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

• (lettername):
  • (Classical, Dari) IPA^(key): /ajn/, [ʔäjn]
  • (Iranian Persian) 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.

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• 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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)