ع

Etymology
From the Nabataean letter, derived from the letter , from the  hieroglyph. See also, , ,.

Letter

 * 1) The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by  and followed by.
 * 2) Z, unknown variable.

Symbol

 * 1) The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by  and followed by.

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

Usage notes

 * This letter is a vowel when representing Chinese but considered a consonant when representing Arabic and Persian loans.

Preposition

 * 1) see على

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Letter

 * 1) The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Letter

 * 1) The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ

Etymology
From by haplology before the article.

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.

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Pronunciation



 * homophones: (word-initial),  (other positions).

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is.

Usage notes

 * Since Persian approximated the Arabic (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/,  does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the  in medial and final positions and  in word-initial positions.

Pronunciation

 * or silent
 * or silent

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-fourth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Pronunciation

 * or silent
 * or silent

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Usage notes

 * This is a shortened form of, particularly used before the definite article.

Pronunciation

 * or silent
 * or silent

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.