د

See also: ذ, ڈ, ࢮ, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

د U+062F, د ARABIC LETTER DAL ← خ [U+062E] Arabic ذ → [U+0630]

ﺩ U+FEA9, ﺩ ARABIC LETTER DAL ISOLATED FORM ← ﺨ [U+FEA8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺪ → [U+FEAA]

ﺪ U+FEAA, ﺪ ARABIC LETTER DAL FINAL FORM ← ﺩ [U+FEA9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺫ → [U+FEAB]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢅 (l, “dalet”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (l, “dalet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿. See also Classical Syriac ܕ (l, “dalet”), Hebrew ד (l, “daleth”), Ancient Greek Δ (D), Latin D.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /daːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د / ‍د • (dāl)

1. The eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is دَال (dāl), and is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ذ (ḏ).

Symbol

د / ‍د • (dāl)

1. The fourth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ج (j) and followed by ه (h).

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 د

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/, [d]

Letter

د (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/, [d]

Letter

د (transliteration needed)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/, [t~d], [tɕ]

Letter

د

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

Usage notes

• This letter is also used to represent a few syllables with the initial j-.

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From قاعد (gāʕid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da/

Particle

د (da-)

1. Used to prefix a non-past verb to mark the present continuous tense.

   ديحچي.

   dayiḥči.

   He is speaking.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /daːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (d)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: خ (kh)
• Next letter: ڈ (ḍ)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	د
Cyrillic	Д, д
Latin	D, d
Yañalif	D, d

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dæl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (d)

1. The eighth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Д.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: ح
• Next letter: ر

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d̪al/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د (dāl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: ځ
• Next letter: ڈ

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /de/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (de)

1. The fifth letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Д

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Arabic script letters: тамгалар (tamgalar) (script appendix): 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, ﺀ, ﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, ۋ, ﻻ ^[edit]

Malay

Alternative forms

• (preposition): دأ (before vowel-initial words)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

د / ‍د

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

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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]

Preposition

د

1. Jawi spelling of di‎ before consonant-initial words.

   دسوڠاي (di sungai) ― at a river

Pashto

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d̪ɑl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د • (dâl)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: خ
• Next letter: ډ

Etymology 2

Proclitic form of تر (tar, “from”). Cognate with Ormuri تر (tar) (with the same functions) and Old Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬋 (tarō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Hás (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-ó-s, from *terh₂- (“to cross over”) +‎ *-ós. False cognate of French de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə/

Preposition

د • (də)

1. of

References

• Morgenstierne, Georg (2003): A New Etymological Dictionary of Pashto

Persian

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Letter

د / ‍د • (dâl)

1. The tenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by خ and followed by ذ. Its name is دال.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਦ (daddā)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d̪äːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د • (dāl)

1. The eleventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
د	ـد	ـدـ	دـ

See also

• Previous letter: خ (xe)
• Next letter: ڈ (ḍāl)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dal/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (dal)

1. The ninteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): 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 ^[edit]
• Previous letter: خ
• Next letter: ڌ

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑːl/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

د • (dāl)

1. The eleventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: خ (x)
• Next letter: ڈ (ḍ)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /de/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د • (de)

1. The ninth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: خ (x)
• Next letter: ر (r)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /di/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

د (d)

1. The third letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
د	ـد

See also

• Previous letter: ب
• Next letter: عِ