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.
ع / ع / ع / ع • (ʕayn)
- The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ (ẓ) and followed by غ (ḡ).
- Z, unknown variable.
ع / ع / ع / ع • (ʕayn)
- 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) /ʕi/
- second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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- (letter name): IPA(key): /əːn/
- (phoneme): /∅/
ع • (ʿ)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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- Previous letter: ظ (z)
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ع • (ğ)
- The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.
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- (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.
ع (‘ain)
- The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.
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ع • (ğe)
- The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ
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- (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
- 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, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ [edit]
North Levantine Arabic
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- 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)
- 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”).
ع • (`ain)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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- homophones: ا (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), ء (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).
عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn)
- 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 ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع 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): /aː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/ or silent
ع • (ʻain)
- The twenty-fourth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
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- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛːn/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent
ع • (aen)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
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- (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet) 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, ڙھ, 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
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South Levantine Arabic
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عـ • (ʕa-)
- Alternative form of على (ʕala)
- This is a shortened form of على (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال (il).
ع • ('ain)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.
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