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ذ.

ḏāl

The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called ذَال (ḏāl) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).

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characterḏāl/ðaːl/letter, name/ð/phoneme/ð/dialectal/d/dialectal
  1. The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called ذَال (ḏāl) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).

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Where this word comes from

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).

symbolḏāl/ðaːl/letter, name/ð/phoneme/ð/dialectal/d/dialectal
  1. The twenty-fifth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ض (ḍ).

Where this word comes from

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).

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