ض

ض

See also: ص‎

ض U+0636, ض ARABIC LETTER DAD ← ص [U+0635] Arabic ط → [U+0637]

ﺽ U+FEBD, ﺽ ARABIC LETTER DAD ISOLATED FORM ← ﺼ [U+FEBC] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺾ → [U+FEBE]

ﺾ U+FEBE, ﺾ ARABIC LETTER DAD FINAL FORM ← ﺽ [U+FEBD] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺿ → [U+FEBF]

ﺿ U+FEBF, ﺿ ARABIC LETTER DAD INITIAL FORM ← ﺾ [U+FEBE] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻀ → [U+FEC0]

ﻀ U+FEC0, ﻀ ARABIC LETTER DAD MEDIAL FORM ← ﺿ [U+FEBF] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻁ → [U+FEC1]

Translingual

Letter

ض

1. Arabic letter ḍād

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Arabic

Etymology

The original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. Early on, this sound was merged with ظ‎ (ẓ) /ðˤ/, a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/. When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض (ḍ) in order to maintain its distinction from ظ (ẓ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dˤaːd/
• (phoneme):
  • IPA^(key): /dˤ/ (contemporary standard)
  • IPA^(key): /ðˤ/ (commonly in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula)
  • IPA^(key): /ɮˤ/ (classical Arabic; obsolete)

Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض‎ • (ḍād)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص‎ (ṣ) and followed by ط‎ (ṭ).

Derived terms

• لغة الضاد‎

Symbol

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض‎ • (ḍād)

1. The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ذ‎ (ḏ) and followed by ظ‎ (ẓ).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʕ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ض

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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ض (z)

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

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Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

Letter

ض (z)

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

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Chinese

Letter

ض

1. The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes

• Only used with Arabic loans.

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Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (z)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص‎ (s)
• Next letter: ط‎ (t)

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Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض (z̤u'ād)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص‎
• Next letter: ط‎

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Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض‎

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ 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]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (dwâd)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص‎
• Next letter: ط‎

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Persian

Pronunciation

• Letter name: (Dari) IPA^(key): /zɑːd/, /zwɑːt/, /zwɑːd/, /dwɑːd/
• Letter name: (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zɒːd/

• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /z/

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Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض‎ • (zâd)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص‎ and followed by ط‎. Its name is ضاد‎ (zâd), In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات‎ (zwât) and ضواد‎ (zwâd, dwâd).

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Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض (zwad)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص‎
• Next letter: ط‎

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Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ض • (zvād)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ

See also

• Previous letter: ص‎
• Next letter: ط‎