ال

Etymology

 * Rubin posits that this is a reduced form of the lost singular of 🇨🇬; compare rare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. In this hypothesis, original initial would be lost due to low stress; the initial  found in phrase-initial position would thus be prothetic.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes

 * The of this prefix assimilates to and geminates the first letter of the base word when it begins with a traditionally-coronal consonant, natively called sun letters:, , , , , , , , , , , , , and . This does not traditionally include , as its original pronunciation was palatal rather than coronal, but in regions where it is pronounced  it can be found assimilating the definite article as well. The ’s assimilation is not observed by the article's spelling, which is invariably ; however, in fully vocalised texts, a shadda is written over the following sun letter to reflect gemination.
 * The initial vowel a- is only pronounced when the article occurs either after a pause, at the beginning of an utterance, or after the preposition . Otherwise, the article consists solely of the coronal consonant preceded by the final vowel of the previous word; if this previous word is consonant-final, then i is used as a linking vowel.

Etymology
. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mouse

Alternative forms

 * (without vowel points)
 * الُو

Etymology
From.

Numeral

 * 1) fifty

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology 1
From.

Article

 * 1) the definite article; the

Etymology 2
Contraction of, itself a contraction of and

Pronoun

 * 1)  the relative clause; that, who, which, etc

Etymology 3
Could be directly from.

Preposition

 * 1)  to (destination)

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the definite article; the

Adjective

 * 1) wet

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  he, she, it
 * 2)  that

Determiner

 * 1) that

Postposition

 * 1) Denotes "to be" for third person singular when at the end of an object; is.
 * 2) Denotes third person singular after various tenses.

Etymology 1
From.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes

 * The article in fact consists solely of the consonant, which is assimilated to the same onsets as in Standard Arabic (see above). Following the usage note there, some speakers extend this process of assimilation to the now-coronal.
 * An epenthetic linking vowel is added as phonotactically necessary, be it before the article or after, in order to avoid a three-consonant cluster. Note that its notation with a schwa is not meant to represent IPA, as its actual value varies between depending on context:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:

Etymology 2
Reduction of the definite relative pronoun or its alternative form.

Usage notes

 * Although this contraction is superficially identical to the definite article, some speakers do not assimilate it to a following coronal, allowing the two to be told apart in this context. Other speakers do, such as Said Akl in the reading linked from the quote above.

Etymology
From,.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Noun

 * 1)  plough; the beam of a plough

Etymology 2
.

Pronunciation

 * Can assimilate in pronunciation to following consonants, see usage notes for Arabic.

Particle

 * 1) Used to join two words in compound terms and phrases from Arabic.

Usage notes

 * As Persian typically borrows the uninflected form of Arabic nouns, not the definite form, Persian words from Arabic almost never contain the definite article . Predominantly, the particle only appears in compound terms derived from Arabic and acts more as a "connector" between two terms, rather than as a definite article, which is its primary purpose in Arabic.

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes

 * Phonemically, the article consists solely of the consonant, which is assimilated to the same onsets as in Standard Arabic (see above), with some speakers extending the assimilation to the now-coronal . While the epenthetic vowel may be added before or after in order to avoid problematic consonant clusters, different speakers may be more or less tolerant of these clusters; those who tolerate an initial two-consonant cluster may not insert the vowel before , meaning the article may be virtually inaudible in cases that the  is assimilated.
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears:
 * Assimilation is optionally ignored when the article precedes a consonant cluster where the initial consonant would normally trigger assimilation, as the epenthetic vowel separates them if it appears: