غ

See also: ع

غ U+063A, غ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN
ع
[U+0639]
Arabic ػ
[U+063B]
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
غ ـغ ـغـ غـ
U+FECD, ﻍ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN ISOLATED FORM

[U+FECC]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECE]
U+FECE, ﻎ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN FINAL FORM

[U+FECD]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FECF]
U+FECF, ﻏ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN INITIAL FORM

[U+FECE]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED0]
U+FED0, ﻐ
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN MEDIAL FORM

[U+FECF]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED1]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɡen]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [ɡ], [r]

Letter

غ (gén) (no case)

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

See also

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from ع (ʕ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ɣ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢗 (ʿ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ • (ḡayn) (no case)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع (ʕ) and followed by ف (f).

Symbol

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ • (ḡayn)

  1. The twenty-eighth and last numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ ().

See also

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): /ʁ~ɢ/, [ʁ~ɢ]

Letter

غ (transliteration needed) (no case)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣ~ʁ/, [ɣ~ʁ]

Letter

غ (ġ) (no case)

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

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈɣeːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/
  • (allophones): IPA(key): [ɣ], [ʁ]

Letter

غ • (ḡēn) (no case)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, called غين (ḡēn) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع (ʕēn) and followed by ف (fāʔ).

See also

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡəːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/

Letter

غ • (ġ) (no case)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع and followed by ف.

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣæn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ (ghain) (no case)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع and followed by ڠ.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɣaen], [ɣen]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial only) IPA(key): [ɣ]

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ (no case)

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

See also

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of غادي (ḡādi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa/

Particle

غـ • (ḡa)

  1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

Old Ruthenian

Letter

غ • (g) (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: “غ

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣajn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ • (ǧayn) (no case)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع and followed by ف.

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ġayn
Dari reading? ġayn
Iranian reading? ġeyn
Tajik reading? ġayn
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ • (ġayn) (no case)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Persian alphabet, called غین and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع and followed by ف.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

غ • (ġain) (no case)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ع (ʿain) and followed by ف (fe).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣɛːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/

Letter

غ • (ġain) (no case)

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع and followed by ف.

See also

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

غ • (ġain) (no case)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع and followed by ف.

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

غ • (ghe) (no case)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ش and followed by ف.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡí/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/

Letter

غ (transliteration needed) (no case, Latin equivalent G or g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ڠ.