# م

| م | U+0645, &#1605; ARABIC LETTER MEEM |
| ← ل [U+0644] | Arabic | ن → [U+0646] |
| ﻡ | U+FEE1, &#65249; ARABIC LETTER MEEM ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻠ [U+FEE0] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻢ → [U+FEE2] |
| ﻢ | U+FEE2, &#65250; ARABIC LETTER MEEM FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻡ [U+FEE1] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻣ → [U+FEE3] |
| ﻣ | U+FEE3, &#65251; ARABIC LETTER MEEM INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻢ [U+FEE2] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻤ → [U+FEE4] |
| ﻤ | U+FEE4, &#65252; ARABIC LETTER MEEM MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻣ [U+FEE3] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻥ → [U+FEE5] |

## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢓 (m, “mim”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖. See also Classical Syriac ܡ (m, “mīm”), Hebrew מ (m, “mem”), Ancient Greek Μ (M), Latin M.

#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /miːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

#### Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م • (mīm)
* the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n)
* p.m., after noon (abbreviation from مساء)
    See also: ص (ṣ)

#### Symbol

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م • (mīm)
* the thirteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic. Sometimes thought to be derived from the pronouns present in Arabic مَا (mā), Hebrew מה (mā, “what”), and مَن (man), מי (mī, “who”), so that, for example, مُدَرِّس (mudarris, “teacher”) is originally من يُدَرِّس (man yudarris, “he who teaches”). Compare also Arabic مَكْتُوب (maktūb) versus Hebrew כתוב (kāṯūḇ), both meaning “written”, with prefix in Arabic, but without in Hebrew.

#### Prefix

مَـ • (ma-)
* a prefix used to create nouns of place
    خَبَزَ (ḵabaza, “to bake”) → مَخْبِز (maḵbiz, “bakery”, literally “place of making bread”)
    دَرَسَ (darasa, “to study”) → مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”, literally “place of studying”)

#### Prefix

مِـ • (mi-)
* a prefix used to create instrument nouns
    فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”) → مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ, “key”, literally “instrument for opening”)
    وَزَنَ (wazana, “to weigh”) → مِيزَان (mīzān, “scales”, literally “instrument of weighing”)

#### Prefix

مُـ • (mu-)
* a prefix that forms part of the pattern for participles from verb form II upwards, as well as all four-root verbs, i. e. all participles that are not from verb form I
    دَرَّسَ (darrasa, “to teach”) → مُدَرِّسٌ (mudarrisun, “teacher”)
    اِسْتَشْفَى (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) → مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan, “hospital”, literally “place where cure is sought”)

### Etymology 3

Abbreviation of مِيلَادِيّ (mīlādiyy).

#### Adverb

م • (m)
* AD

### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with: م

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /m/, [m]

### Letter

م (transliteration needed)
* The thirty-eighth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /m/, [m]

### Letter

م (transliteration needed)
* The thirty-ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /miːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (m)
* The thirty-seventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ل (l)
* Next letter: ن (n)

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | م |
| Cyrillic | М, м |
| Latin | M, m |
| Yañalif | M, m |

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /miːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (m)
* The twentieth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter М.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ل
* Next letter: ن
* Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /mim/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م (mīm)
* The forty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڵ
* Next letter: ن

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [mem]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [m]

### Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /mim/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (mim)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ل
* Next letter: ن

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /miːm/ (all dialects)
* (phoneme) IPA: [m]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل and followed by ن. Its name is میم (mim).

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਮ (mammā)
* (letter name): مِیم (mīm)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /miːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (mīm)
* The thirty-second letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ࣇ (aḷām)
* Next letter: ن (nūn)
* Shahmukhi script letters: اکّھر (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, ࣇ, م, ن, ݨ, ں, ہ, و, ی, ے
* Shahmukhi script vowels (script appendix): آ, ا, ع, و, ء, ی, ے
* Shahmukhi script diacritics (script appendix): ◌َ, ◌ِ, ◌ُ, ◌ّ, ◌ْ, ◌٘, ◌ٰ, ◌ً

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /miːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (mīm)
* The forty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي
* Previous letter: ل
* Next letter: ن

## Southern Kurdish
### Alternative forms

* مە (me)

### Etymology

Compare Persian من (man).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mə/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

| Northern Kurdish | ez |
| Central Kurdish | من (min) |
م (mi)
* I
* me
* my, mine

#### See also
## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /miːm/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (mīm)
* The thirty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ل (l)
* Next letter: ن (n)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /me/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م • (me)
* The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ل (l)
* Next letter: ن (n)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /mí/
* (phoneme): IPA: /m/

### Letter

م (m)
* The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script m..

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ل
* Next letter: ن