# ز

| ز | U+0632, &#1586; ARABIC LETTER ZAIN |
| ← ر [U+0631] | Arabic | س → [U+0633] |
| ﺯ | U+FEAF, &#65199; ARABIC LETTER ZAIN ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺮ [U+FEAE] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺰ → [U+FEB0] |
| ﺰ | U+FEB0, &#65200; ARABIC LETTER ZAIN FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺯ [U+FEAF] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺱ → [U+FEB1] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢉 (l, “zayin”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (l, “zayin”), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓈔?). See also Classical Syriac ܙ (l, “zayin”), Hebrew ז (l, “zayin”), Ancient Greek ζ (z), Latin Z.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /zaːj/, /zajn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ز / ‍ز • (zāy, zayn)
* The eleventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر (r) and followed by س (s).

### Symbol

ز / ‍ز • (zāy, zayn)
* The seventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by و (w) and followed by ح (ḥ).

### 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 ز

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z/, [z]

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z/, [z]

### Letter

ز (transliteration needed)
* The twenty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɻ/, [ɻ~ʐ]

### Letter

ز
* The fourteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز • (z)
* The twentieth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڑ (ḍ)
* Next letter: ژ (ċ)

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ز |
| Cyrillic | З, з |
| Latin | Z, z |
| Yañalif | Z, z |

### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز • (z)
* The tenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter З.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ر
* Next letter: س
* 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: /ze/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ز (ze)
* The twentieth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڑ
* Next letter: ژ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز / ‍ز
* The twelfth 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: /ze/
* (phoneme): IPA: /z/

### Letter

ز • (ze)
* The eighteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ړ
* Next letter: ژ

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

ﺯ / ﺯ‍ / ﺰ / ‍ﺰ • (ze)
* The thirteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر and followed by ژ. Its name is زه or زِ.

### Preposition

| Dari | ز |
| Iranian Persian | ز |
| Tajik | зи |
ز • (ze)
* (poetic) Alternative form of از (az)
    زش/زو چه خواهی؟
       Zeš/zaš/zu če xâhi?
          What do you want from him?.
       زش ز او پاسخ دهم اندر نهان؛ زش بپنداری میان مردمان

#### Synonyms

* از (az)

#### References

* ↑ “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, ز”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 October 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 23 March 2012
* ↑ Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਜ਼ (za)

### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز • (ze)
* The sixteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ز | ـز | ـزـ | زـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڑ (ṛe)
* Next letter: ژ (žē)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز • (ze)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### 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: ڙھ
* Next letter: س

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز • (ze)
* The sixteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڑ (ṛ)
* Next letter: ژ (ź)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ز • (ze)
* The eleventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ز | ـز |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ر (r)
* Next letter: ژ (zh)