# ض

| ض | U+0636, &#1590; ARABIC LETTER DAD |
| ← ص [U+0635] | Arabic | ط → [U+0637] |
| ﺽ | U+FEBD, &#65213; ARABIC LETTER DAD ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺼ [U+FEBC] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺾ → [U+FEBE] |
| ﺾ | U+FEBE, &#65214; ARABIC LETTER DAD FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺽ [U+FEBD] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺿ → [U+FEBF] |
| ﺿ | U+FEBF, &#65215; ARABIC LETTER DAD INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺾ [U+FEBE] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻀ → [U+FEC0] |
| ﻀ | U+FEC0, &#65216; ARABIC LETTER DAD MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺿ [U+FEBF] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻁ → [U+FEC1] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ض
* Arabic letter ḍād

## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from ص (ṣ) with an added dot.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /dˤaːd/
* (phoneme):
** IPA: /dˤ/ (standard)
** IPA: /ðˤ/ (commonly in many parts of the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Tunisia and other regions.)
** IPA: /ɮˤ/ (hypothesized pronunciation; classical Arabic)

### Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (ḍād)
* The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣ) and followed by ط (ṭ).

#### Derived terms

* لغة الضاد

### Symbol

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (ḍād)
* The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ظ (ẓ).

### Note

It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/. The sound that was represented the letter ḍād in the Arabic alphabet when it was introduced is somewhat uncertain, most likely being introduced on late 7th to early 8th centuries. Early on, its sound was merged with ظ (ẓ) /ðˤ/, a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/. When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض (ḍ) in order to maintain its distinction from 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 ض

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z/, [z]

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z/, [z]

### Letter

ض (z)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Letter

ض
* The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

#### Usage notes

* Only used with Arabic loans.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /dˤaːd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /dˤ/

### Letter

ض • (ḍād)
* The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣād) and followed by ط (ṭāʔ).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### 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: /zɔːd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

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

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ص (s)
* Next letter: ط (t)

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ض (z̤u'ād)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ص
* Next letter: ط

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [dɔt]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [d]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [t̚]

### Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض
* The sixteenth 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: /dwɑd/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ض • (dwâd)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ص
* Next letter: ط

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Dari, letter name) IPA: /zɑːd/, /zwɑːt/, /zwɑːd/, /dwɑːd/
* (Iran, letter name) IPA: /zɒːd/
* (phoneme) IPA: /z/
    Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

ض / ض‍ / ‍ض‍ / ‍ض • (zâd)
* The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص and followed by ط. Its name is ضاد (zâd), In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات (zwât) and ضواد (zwâd, zwâd).

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (zazzā)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /zwaːt/
* (phoneme): IPA: /zᵊ/, /zwᵊ/

### Letter

ض • (ẓwāt)
* The twenty-first letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ص (ṣwāt)
* Next letter: ط (t̤ōē)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ض • (zwad)
* The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### 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: ص
* Next letter: ط

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /zʋɑːd̪/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /z/

### Letter

ض • (zvād)
* The twenty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ض | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ص (s)
* Next letter: ط (t)