ذ

See also: د, ڈ, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

ذ U+0630, ذ ARABIC LETTER THAL ← د [U+062F] Arabic ر → [U+0631]

ﺫ U+FEAB, ﺫ ARABIC LETTER THAL ISOLATED FORM ← ﺪ [U+FEAA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺬ → [U+FEAC]

ﺬ U+FEAC, ﺬ ARABIC LETTER THAL FINAL FORM ← ﺫ [U+FEAB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺭ → [U+FEAD]

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from د (d), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ð/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢅 (d).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ð/
• (Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /ð/, /d/, /z/

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذَال (ḏāl), and is preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).

Symbol

ذ / ‍ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The twenty-fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ض (ḍ).

See also

• (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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References

• Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ذ (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ذ (z)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s], [d͡z]

Letter

ذ

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

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/, /ð/, /z/

Letter

ذ • (ḏāl)

1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by د (dāl) and followed by ر (rāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ذ • (transliteration needed)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر (r)

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ
• Next letter: ر

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zal]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [z]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ

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

See also

• (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]

Mozarabic

Preposition

ذ (ḏi or ḏī)

1. Alternative spelling of ذي (ḏī)
   • c. 1100, al-Aʕmā al-Tuṭīlī, Kharja A19 :

     لفَاج ذِ مَطْرَانَهْ

     la-fāja ḏi maṭrāna

     The face of dawn

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ډ
• Next letter: ر

Persian

Etymology

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].

Pronunciation

Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /z/

Letter name:

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ðɑːl], [zɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	ðāl, zāl
Dari reading?	zāl
Iranian reading?	zâl
Tajik reading?	zol

Letter

ذ • (z)

1. The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).

Usage notes

In Classical Persian, the letters' phoneme was irregularly pronounced as [ð] or as [z]. Modern varieties of Persian lack the letter's original Arabic phoneme [ð] entirely, and have shifted the phoneme [ð] to [z].

See also

• Previous letter: د
• Next letter: ر

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (za)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ذ • (ẕāl)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ذ	ـذ	ـذـ	ذـ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍāl)
• Next letter: ر (re)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ذ • (zal)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• (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, ھ, ء, ي

• Previous letter: ڍ
• Next letter: ر

Urdu

Alternative forms

• ज़ (za)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ذ • (zāl)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

See also

• Previous letter: ڈ (ḍ)
• Next letter: ر (r)