# غ

| غ | U+063A, &#1594; ARABIC LETTER GHAIN |
| ← ع [U+0639] | Arabic | ػ → [U+063B] |
| ﻍ | U+FECD, &#65229; ARABIC LETTER GHAIN ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻌ [U+FECC] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻎ → [U+FECE] |
| ﻎ | U+FECE, &#65230; ARABIC LETTER GHAIN FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻍ [U+FECD] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻏ → [U+FECF] |
| ﻏ | U+FECF, &#65231; ARABIC LETTER GHAIN INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻎ [U+FECE] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻐ → [U+FED0] |
| ﻐ | U+FED0, &#65232; ARABIC LETTER GHAIN MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻏ [U+FECF] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻑ → [U+FED1] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from ع (ʕ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /ɣ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢗 (ʿ).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɣajn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɣ/

### Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ • (ḡayn)
* The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع (ʕ) and followed by ف (f).

### Symbol

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ • (ḡayn)
* The twenty-eighth and final letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ظ (ẓ).

### 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 غ

### 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, page 74

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁ~ɢ/, [ʁ~ɢ]

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣ~ʁ/, [ɣ~ʁ]

### Letter

غ (ġ)
* The thirty-second letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ˈɣeːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɣ/
* (allophones): IPA: [ɣ], [ʁ]

### Letter

غ • (ḡēn)
* The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is غين (ḡēn), and is preceded by ع (ʕēn) and followed by ف (fāʔ).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### 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: /ɡəːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɡ/

### Letter

غ • (ġ)
* The thirtieth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ع (ʿ)
* Next letter: ف (f)

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɣæn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɣ/

### Letter

غ (ghain)
* The thirty-second letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ع
* Next letter: ڠ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [ɣaen], [ɣen]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial only) IPA: [ɣ]

### Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ
* The twentieth 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

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

Shortened form of غادي (ḡādi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa/

### Particle

غـ • (ḡa)
* will (prefix indicating the future tense)

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɣajn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɣ/

### Letter

غ • (ǧayn)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ع
* Next letter: ف

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɣajn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣäjn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣäjn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɣäjn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɣäjn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qejn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʁäjn]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

غ / غ‍ / ‍غ‍ / ‍غ • (ğayn)
* The twenty-second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع and followed by ف. Its name is غین.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਗ਼ (ġa)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɣɛːn/
* (phoneme):
    (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /ɣ/, [ɣ̠]
    (rustic) IPA: /ɡ/

### Letter

غ • (ġain)
* The twenty-fifth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ع (ʿain)
* Next letter: ف (fe)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɣɛːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɣ/

### Letter

غ • (ƣaen)
* The thirty-sixth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### 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: ع
* Next letter: ف

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɣɛːn/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɣ/

### Letter

غ • (ġain)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ع
* Next letter: ف (f)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʁe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʁ/

### Letter

غ • (ghe)
* The fifteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ش (sh)
* Next letter: ف (f)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɡí/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɡ/

### Letter

غ (g)
* The seventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| غ | ـغ | ـغـ | غـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ف
* Next letter: ڠ