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Acehnese
Pronunciation
Letter
ع (’in)
- The nineteenth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
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Arabic
Etymology
From the Nabataean letter 𐢗 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹. See also Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿ, “ʿe”), Hebrew ע (ʿ, “ʿayin”), Ancient Greek Ο (O), Latin O.
Pronunciation
Letter
ع / ع / ع / ع • (ʕayn)
Symbol
ع / ع / ع / ع • (ʕayn)
Verb
- second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)
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Balti
Pronunciation
Letter
ع (transliteration needed)
- The thirty-first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
Letter
ع (’)
- The thirty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Chinese
Pronunciation
Letter
ع (e)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad
Usage notes
Egyptian Arabic
Preposition
ع • (ʿa)
- see على
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
Letter
ع • (ʿ)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
ع • (ğ)
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Khowar
Pronunciation
Letter
ع (‘ain)
- The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.
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Kyrgyz
Pronunciation
Letter
ع • (ğe)
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Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
ع / ع / ع / ع
- The nineteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
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North Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
- على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)
Etymology
From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال (al-).
Preposition
ع • (transliteration needed)
- alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)
Usage notes
- Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
- In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʕa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).
Pashto
Pronunciation
Letter
ع • (`ain)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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Persian
Pronunciation
Letter
عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn)
- The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.
Usage notes
Punjabi
Alternative forms
Gurmukhi letter: ਅ (aiṛā), ੲ (īṛī), ੳ (ūṛā), ਾ (kannā), ੋ (hoṛā), ੇ (lā̃), ਹ (hāhā)
Pronunciation
Letter
ع • (ʻain)
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Sindhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ع • (aen)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Forms
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South Levantine Arabic
Preposition
عـ • (ʕa-)
- alternative form of على (ʕala)
Usage notes
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɛːn/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʕ/ or silent
Letter
ع • ('ain)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.
Forms
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