غ
See also: ع
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Arabic
Etymology
Derived from ع (ʕ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ɣ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢗 (ʿ).
Letter
غ / غ / غ / غ • (ḡayn)
Symbol
غ / غ / غ / غ • (ḡayn)
See also
- (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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References
- Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, , page 74
Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁ~ɢ/, [ʁ~ɢ]
Letter
غ (transliteration needed)
- The thirty-second letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣ~ʁ/, [ɣ~ʁ]
Letter
غ (ġ)
- The thirty-second letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈɣeːn/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/
- (allophones): IPA(key): [ɣ], [ʁ]
Letter
غ • (ḡēn)
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Kashmiri
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Khowar
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɣaen], [ɣen]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial only) IPA(key): [ɣ]
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɣajn/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɣ/
Letter
غ • (ǧayn)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɣajn]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣäjn]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɣäjn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɣäjn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qejn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁäjn]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ğayn |
Dari reading? | ğayn |
Iranian reading? | ğeyn |
Tajik reading? | ġayn |
Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)
Letter
غ / غ / غ / غ • (ğayn)
- The twenty-second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع and followed by ف. Its name is غین.
Sindhi
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɣɛːn/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɣ/
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ʁe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʁ/
Letter
غ • (ghe)
- The fifteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
---|---|---|---|
غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
Yoruba
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |
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