# ص

| ص | U+0635, &#1589; ARABIC LETTER SAD |
| ← ش [U+0634] | Arabic | ض → [U+0636] |
| ﺹ | U+FEB9, &#65209; ARABIC LETTER SAD ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺸ [U+FEB8] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺺ → [U+FEBA] |
| ﺺ | U+FEBA, &#65210; ARABIC LETTER SAD FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺹ [U+FEB9] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺻ → [U+FEBB] |
| ﺻ | U+FEBB, &#65211; ARABIC LETTER SAD INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺺ [U+FEBA] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺼ → [U+FEBC] |
| ﺼ | U+FEBC, &#65212; ARABIC LETTER SAD MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺻ [U+FEBB] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺽ → [U+FEBD] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ص
* Arabic letter ṣād

## Arabic
### Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢙 (ṣ, “ṣade”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤑 (ṣ, “ṣade”), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓇑?). See also ܨ (ṣ, “ṣade”), צ (ts, “tsadi”), Cyrillic Ц.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /sˤaːd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /sˤ/

### Letter

ص / ص‍ / ‍ص‍ / ‍ص • (ṣād)
* The fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ش (š) and followed by ض (ḍ).
* Y, unknown variable.
* a.m., before noon (abbreviation of صباحا)
    See also: م (m)

### Symbol

ص / ص‍ / ‍ص‍ / ‍ص • (ṣād)
* The eighteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ف (f) and followed by ق (q).

### Proper noun

ص • (ṣād) f
* The 38th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

### 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 ص

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s/, [s]

### Letter

ص (transliteration needed)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s/, [s]

### Letter

ص (s)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s/, [s]

### Letter

ص (s)
* The nineteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /sɔːd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ص • (s)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ص | ـص | ـصـ | صـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ش (ś)
* Next letter: ض (z)

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /swad/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ص (ṣu'ād)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ص | ـص | ـصـ | صـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ښ
* Next letter: ض

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [sɔt]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [s]

### Letter

ص / ص‍ / ‍ص‍ / ‍ص
* The fifteenth 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: /swɑd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ص • (swâd)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ص | ـص | ـصـ | صـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ښ
* Next letter: ض

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sɑːð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [swɑːd̪], [sɑːd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [swɑːd̪], [sɑːd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [swɑːd̪], [sɑːd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [swɔːd̪̥], [sɔːd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sɒːd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sɔd̪]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

ص / ص‍ / ‍ص‍ / ‍ص • (sâd)
* The seventeenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ش and followed by ض. Its name in Iranian Persian is صاد, in Dari its name is صواد.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਸ (sassā)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /swaːt̪/
* (phoneme): IPA: /sə/, /swə/

### Letter

ص • (ṣwāt)
* The twentieth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ص | ـص | ـصـ | صـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ش (šīn)
* Next letter: ض (ẓwāt)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /swaːd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ص • (swad)
* The thirty-first letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ص | ـص | ـصـ | صـ |

#### 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: ش
* Next letter: ض

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /sʋɑːd̪/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /s/

### Letter

ص • (svād)
* The twentieth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ص | ـص | ـصـ | صـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ش (ś)
* Next letter: ض (z)