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ظ.

ẓāʔ

The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ع (ʕ).

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characterẓāʔ/ðˤaːʔ/letter, name/ðˤ/phoneme/ðˤ/dialectal/dˤ/dialectal
  1. The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ع (ʕ).

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Where this word comes from

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).

symbolẓāʔ/ðˤaːʔ/letter, name/ðˤ/phoneme/ðˤ/dialectal/dˤ/dialectal
  1. The twenty-seventh numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ض (ḍ) and followed by غ (ḡ).

Where this word comes from

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).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.