ذ

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]

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).

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

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).

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).

• (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)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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• 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

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

ذ (transliteration needed)

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

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

ذ (z)

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s], [d͡z]

ذ

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

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

ذ • (ḏāl)

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

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

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

ذ • (transliteration needed)

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

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

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

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

ذ (zāl)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

• Previous letter: ڈ
• Next letter: ر

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

ذ / ‍ذ

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

• (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]

ذ (ḏi or ḏī)

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

     لفَاج ذِ مَطْرَانَهْ

     la-fāja ḏi maṭrāna

     The face of dawn

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

ذ • (zâl)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

• Previous letter: ډ
• Next letter: ر

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

Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /z/

Letter name:

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

ذ • (z)

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

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].

• Previous letter: د
• Next letter: ر

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (za)

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

ذ • (ẕāl)

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

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

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

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

ذ • (zal)

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

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

• (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

• ज़ (za)

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

ذ • (zāl)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

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