ض

Letter

ض

1. Arabic letter ḍād

Etymology

Derived from ص (ṣ) with an added dot.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dˤaːd/
• (phoneme):
  • IPA^(key): /dˤ/ (Standard, Classical)
  • IPA^(key): /ðˤ/ (commonly in many parts of the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Tunisia and other regions.)

Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (ḍād)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣ) and followed by ط (ṭ).

Symbol

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (ḍād)

1. The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ظ (ẓ).

Note

It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. The sound that was represented the letter ḍād in the Arabic alphabet when it was introduced is somewhat uncertain, most likely being introduced on late 7th to early 8th centuries. Early on, its sound was merged with ظ (ẓ) /ðˤ/, a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/. When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض (ḍ) in order to maintain its distinction from ظ (ẓ).

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 ض

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ض (transliteration needed)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ض (z)

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

Letter

ض

1. The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dˤaːd/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /dˤ/

Letter

ض • (ḍād)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣād) and followed by ط (ṭāʔ).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (z)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض (z̤u'ād)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dɔt]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [d]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (dwâd)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, letter name) IPA^(key): /zɑːd/, /zwɑːt/, /zwɑːd/, /dwɑːd/
• (Iran, letter name) IPA^(key): /zɒːd/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

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Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (zâd)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص and followed by ط. Its name is ضاد (zâd), In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات (zwât) and ضواد (zwâd, zwâd).

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (zazzā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zwaːt/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /zᵊ/, /zwᵊ/

Letter

ض • (ẓwāt)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (zwad)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (zvād)

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