ز

See also: ژٕ, ژ, ڑ, ر, and j

ز U+0632, ز
ARABIC LETTER ZAIN
ر
[U+0631]
Arabic س
[U+0633]
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ز ـز ـز ز
U+FEAF, ﺯ
ARABIC LETTER ZAIN ISOLATED FORM

[U+FEAE]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEB0]
U+FEB0, ﺰ
ARABIC LETTER ZAIN FINAL FORM

[U+FEAF]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEB1]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [dɔə̯], [zɔə̯]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [d], [ɟ], [z]

Letter

ز (zoë) (no case)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢉 (l, zayin), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (l, zayin), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓈔?,𓏭?). See also Classical Syriac ܙ (l, zayin), Hebrew ז (l, zayin), Ancient Greek ζ (z), Latin Z.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zaːj/, /zajn/, /zaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز / ‍ز • (zāy, zayn) (no case)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ر (r) and followed by س (s).

Symbol

ز / ‍ز • (zāy, zayn)

  1. The seventh numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by و (w) and followed by ح ().

See also

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ز (transliteration needed) (no case)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ز (transliteration needed) (no case)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɻ/, [ɻ~ʐ]

Letter

ز (no case)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (z) (no case)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڑ and followed by ژ.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ز
Cyrillic З, з
Latin Z, z

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (z) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent З or з)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ر and followed by س.

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ze/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز (ze) (no case)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڑ and followed by ژ.

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ز / ‍ز (no case)

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

See also

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ز • () (no case)[1]

  1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

References

  1. ^ Antonovich (1968), page 192: “ز

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ze/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (ze) (no case)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ړ and followed by ژ.

Persian

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Letter

ﺯ / ﺯ‍ / ﺰ / ‍ﺰ • (ze) (no case)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Persian alphabet, called زه or زِ and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ر and followed by ژ.

Preposition

Dari ز
Iranian Persian
Tajik зи

ز • (ze)

  1. (poetic) alternative form of از (az)
    زش/زو چه خواهی؟
    Zeš/zaš/zu če xâhi?[1]
    What do you want from him?.
    زش ز او پاسخ دهم اندر نهان؛ زش بپنداری میان مردمان[2]

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, ز”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 21 October 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 23 March 2012
  2. ^ Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (ze) (no case)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ڑ (ṛe) and followed by ژ (žē).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ze/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (ze) (no case)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڙھ and followed by س.

See also

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ز • (ze) (no case)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڑ and followed by ژ.

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ze/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/

Letter

ز • (ze) (no case)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ر and followed by ژ.