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ظ U+0638, ظ ARABIC LETTER ZAH ← ط [U+0637] Arabic ع → [U+0639]

ﻅ U+FEC5, ﻅ ARABIC LETTER ZAH ISOLATED FORM ← ﻄ [U+FEC4] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻆ → [U+FEC6]

ﻆ U+FEC6, ﻆ ARABIC LETTER ZAH FINAL FORM ← ﻅ [U+FEC5] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻇ → [U+FEC7]

ﻇ U+FEC7, ﻇ ARABIC LETTER ZAH INITIAL FORM ← ﻆ [U+FEC6] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻈ → [U+FEC8]

ﻈ U+FEC8, ﻈ ARABIC LETTER ZAH MEDIAL FORM ← ﻇ [U+FEC7] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻉ → [U+FEC9]

Derived from ط (ṭ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ðˤ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢋 (ṭ).

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ðˤ/
• (Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, /zˤ/

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ع (ʕ).

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)

1. The twenty-seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ض (ḍ) and followed by غ (ḡ).

• (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, pages 73–74

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

ظ (transliteration needed)

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

• IPA^(key): /z/, [z]

ظ (z)

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/, [t͡s~d͡z]

ظ (z)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

• Sound change occurs when representing Chinese.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ðˤaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): (in inherited words) /dˤ/, (in learned loanwords) /zˤ/, /ðˤ/

ظ • (ẓāʔ)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭāʔ) and followed by ع (ʕēn).

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• (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 (ʕēn), غ (ḡēn), ف (fāʔ), ق (gāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), هـ (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)

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

ظ • (z)

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

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• Previous letter: ط (t)
• Next letter: ع (ʿ)

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

ظ (ẓo'e)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• Previous letter: ط
• Next letter: ع

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

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ

1. The eighteenth 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]

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

ظ • (zwe)

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

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• Previous letter: ط
• Next letter: ع

Readings
Classical reading?	zā
Dari reading?	zā, zoy
Iranian reading?	zâ
Tajik reading?	zo

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (zâ, zoy)

1. The twentieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط and followed by ع. Its name is ظا.

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (zazzā)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zoː.eː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

ظ • (z̤ōē)

1. The twenty-third letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• Previous letter: ط (t̤ōē)
• Next letter: ع ('en)

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

ظ • (zo'e)

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

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• (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, ه, ء, ي

• Previous letter: ط
• Next letter: ع

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zoː.eː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /z/

ظ • (zo'e)

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

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ

• Previous letter: ط (t)
• Next letter: ع