# د

| د | U+062F, &#1583; ARABIC LETTER DAL |
| ← خ [U+062E] | Arabic | ذ → [U+0630] |
| ﺩ | U+FEA9, &#65193; ARABIC LETTER DAL ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺨ [U+FEA8] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺪ → [U+FEAA] |
| ﺪ | U+FEAA, &#65194; ARABIC LETTER DAL FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺩ [U+FEA9] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺫ → [U+FEAB] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢅 (l, “dalet”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (l, “dalet”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿. See also Classical Syriac ܕ (l, “dalet”), Hebrew ד (l, “daleth”), Ancient Greek Δ (D), Latin D.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /daːl/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د / ‍د • (dāl)
* The eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is دَال (dāl), and is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ذ (ḏ).

### Symbol

د / ‍د • (dāl)
* The fourth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ج (j) and followed by ه (h).

### 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 د

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d/, [d]

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d/, [d]

### Letter

د (transliteration needed)
* The fifteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t/, [t~d], [tɕ]

### Letter

د
* The eleventh letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

#### Usage notes

* This letter is also used to represent a few syllables with the initial j-.

## Iraqi Arabic
### Etymology

From قاعد (gāʕid).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da/

### Particle

د (da-)
* Used to prefix a non-past verb to mark the present continuous tense.
    ديحچي. ― dayiḥči. ― He is speaking.

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /daːl/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د • (d)
* The fifteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Previous letter: خ (kh)
* Next letter: ڈ (ḍ)

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /dæl/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د • (d)
* The eighth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Д.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ح
* Next letter: ر
* 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: /d̪al/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d̪/

### Letter

د (dāl)
* The fifteenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ځ
* Next letter: ڈ

## Kyrgyz
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /de/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د • (de)
* The fifth letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Д

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: тамгалар (tamgalar) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﺀ, ﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, ۋ, ﻻ

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* (preposition): دأ (before vowel-initial words)

### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

د / ‍د
* The ninth 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

### Preposition

د
* Jawi spelling of di‎ before consonant-initial words.
    دسوڠاي (di sungai) ― at a river

## Pashto
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d̪ɑl/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d̪/

#### Letter

د • (dâl)
* The thirteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

##### See also

* Previous letter: خ
* Next letter: ډ

### Etymology 2

Proclitic form of تر (tar, “from”). Cognate with Ormuri تر (tar) (with the same functions) and Old Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬋 (tarō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Hás (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-ó-s, from *terh₂- (“to cross over”) +‎ *-ós. False cognate of French de.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ə/

#### Preposition

د • (də)
* of

### References

* Morgenstierne, Georg (2003): A New Etymological Dictionary of Pashto

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

د / ‍د • (dâl)
* The tenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by خ and followed by ذ. Its name is دال.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਦ (daddā)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d̪äːl/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d̪/

### Letter

د • (dāl)
* The eleventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| د | ـد | ـدـ | دـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: خ (xe)
* Next letter: ڈ (ḍāl)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /dal/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د • (dal)
* The ninteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### 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: خ
* Next letter: ڌ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪ɑːl/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪/

### Letter

د • (dāl)
* The eleventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Previous letter: خ (x)
* Next letter: ڈ (ḍ)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /de/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د • (de)
* The ninth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Previous letter: خ (x)
* Next letter: ر (r)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /di/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d/

### Letter

د (d)
* The third letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| د | ـد |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ب
* Next letter: عِ