Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ذ ـذ ـذ ذ
ذ (zai ) (no case )
The tenthletter of the Acehnesealphabet , written in theArabic script . Arabic script letters :حرف ( haraih, harah ) (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 ] Derived fromد ( d ) , and originally written as such (inrasm Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ð/ were indiscriminately spelled using𐢅 ( d ) .
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /ðaːl/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /ð/ ( Main dialectal variations ) : IPA (key ) : /ð/ ,/d/ ,/z/ ذ / ذ • (ḏāl ) (no case )
The ninthletter of the Arabicalphabet , calledذَال ( ḏāl ) and written in theArabic script ; preceded byد ( d ) and followed byر ( r ) . ذ / ذ • (ḏāl )
The twenty-fifthnumeral symbol of the Arabicalphabet (traditionalabjad order, used for list numbering), written in theArabic script ; preceded byخ ( ḵ ) and followed byض ( ḍ ) . 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 withذ Diem, Werner (1980 ), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, inOrientalia (in German), volume49 , number 1,→DOI 74 ذ (transliteration needed no case )
The eighteenthletter of the Baltialphabet , written in theArabic script . ذ (z ) (no case )
The eighteenthletter of the Burushaskialphabet , written in theArabic script . ذ (no case )
The twelfthletter of theXiao'erjing abjad , written in theArabic script . ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /ðaːl/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /d/ ,/ð/ ,/z/ ذ • (ḏāl ) (no case )
The ninthletter of the Hijazi Arabicalphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byد ( dāl ) and followed byر ( rāʔ ) . Arabic script letters :حُرُوف ( ḥurūf ) (script appendix : ا ب ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن هـ و ي [edit ] ذ • (z ) (no case )
The seventeenthletter of the Kashmirialphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byڈ ر ذ (zāl ) (no case )
The seventeenthletter of the Khowaralphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byڈ ر ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [zal] ( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) : [z] ( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) : [s] ذ / ذ no case )
The tenthletter of the Malayalphabet , written in theArabic script . 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 ] ذ (ḏi or ḏī )
alternative spelling ofذي ( ḏī ) ^ Jones, Alan (1988 ),RomanceKharjas in Andalusian ArabicMuwaššaḥ Poetry (Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs; 9), Ithaca Press London,→ISBN 140 ذ • (zâl ) (no case )
The fifteenthletter of the Pashtoalphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byډ ر From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value[ð] .
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Readings Classical reading? ðāl, zāl Dari reading? zāl Iranian reading? zâl Tajik reading? zol
ذ • (z ) (no case )
The eleventhletter of the Persianalphabet , calledذال ( zâl ) and written in theArabic script ; preceded byد ر 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].
ذ • (ẕāl ) (no case )
The thirteenthletter of the Punjabialphabet , written in theShahmukhi script ; preceded byڈ ( ḍāl ) and followed byر ( re ) . ذ • (zal ) (no case )
The twenty-fourthletter of the Sindhialphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byڍ ر 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 ] ذ • (zāl ) (no case )
The thirteenthletter of the Urdualphabet , written in theArabic script ; preceded byڈ ر 
