ع

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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.

Symbol

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).

Verb

عِ • (ʕi) (form I) /ʕi/

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

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 ع

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter

ع (transliteration needed)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

Letter

ع (’)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/, [ə]

Letter

ع (e)

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

Preposition

ع • (ʿa)

1. see على

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (ʿ)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (ğ)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /æn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /-/

Letter

ع (‘ain)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʁe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʁ/

Letter

ع • (ğe)

1. The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)aen]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [ʔ]

Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع

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

Alternative forms

• على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

Etymology

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

Preposition

ع • (transliteration needed)

1. Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʔain/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ع • (`ain)

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

Pronunciation

• (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)

• Audio (Iran):

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

Letter

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.

Alternative forms

Gurmukhi letter: ਅ (aiṛā), ੲ (īṛī), ੳ (ūṛā), ਾ (kannā), ੋ (hoṛā), ੇ (lā̃), ਹ (hāhā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aː/, /oː/, /eː/, /˩˥/, /˥˩/, /∅/

Letter

ع • (ʻain)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • (aen)

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

Preposition

عـ • (ʕa-)

1. Alternative form of على (ʕala)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ع • ('ain)

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