# ظ

| ظ | U+0638, &#1592; ARABIC LETTER ZAH |
| ← ط [U+0637] | Arabic | ع → [U+0639] |
| ﻅ | U+FEC5, &#65221; ARABIC LETTER ZAH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻄ [U+FEC4] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻆ → [U+FEC6] |
| ﻆ | U+FEC6, &#65222; ARABIC LETTER ZAH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻅ [U+FEC5] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻇ → [U+FEC7] |
| ﻇ | U+FEC7, &#65223; ARABIC LETTER ZAH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻆ [U+FEC6] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻈ → [U+FEC8] |
| ﻈ | U+FEC8, &#65224; ARABIC LETTER ZAH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻇ [U+FEC7] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻉ → [U+FEC9] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ðˤaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ðˤ/
* (Main dialectal variations): IPA: /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, /zˤ/

### Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)
* The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ع (ʕ).

### Symbol

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (ẓāʔ)
* The twenty-seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ض (ḍ) and followed by غ (ḡ).

### 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 ظ

### References

* Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, pages 73–74

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z/, [z]

### Letter

ظ (transliteration needed)
* The thirtieth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z/, [z]

### Letter

ظ (z)
* The thirtieth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡s/, [t͡s~d͡z]

### Letter

ظ (z)
* The twenty-third letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

#### Usage notes

* Sound change occurs when representing Chinese.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ðˤaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: (in inherited words) /dˤ/, (in learned loanwords) /zˤ/, /ðˤ/

### Letter

ظ • (ẓāʔ)
* The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭāʔ) and followed by ع (ʕēn).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (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, هـ, و, ي

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /zɔj/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ظ • (z)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ط (t)
* Next letter: ع (ʿ)

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /zoe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ظ (ẓo'e)
* The thirtieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ط
* Next letter: ع

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [zɔ]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [z]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [s]

### Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ
* The eighteenth 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: /zwe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ظ • (zwe)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ط
* Next letter: ع

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɑː], [zoj]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɑː], [zoj]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zɒː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zɔ]

### Letter

ظ / ظ‍ / ‍ظ‍ / ‍ظ • (zâ, zoy)
* The twentieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط and followed by ع. Its name is ظا.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (zazzā)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /zoː.eː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ظ • (z̤ōē)
* The twenty-third letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ط (t̤ōē)
* Next letter: ع ('en)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /zoːy/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ظ • (zo'e)
* The thirty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### 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: ط
* Next letter: ع

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /zoː.eː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /z/

### Letter

ظ • (zo'e)
* The twenty-third letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ظ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ط (t)
* Next letter: ع