# ش

| ش | U+0634, &#1588; ARABIC LETTER SHEEN |
| ← س [U+0633] | Arabic | ص → [U+0635] |
| ﺵ | U+FEB5, &#65205; ARABIC LETTER SHEEN ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺴ [U+FEB4] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺶ → [U+FEB6] |
| ﺶ | U+FEB6, &#65206; ARABIC LETTER SHEEN FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺵ [U+FEB5] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺷ → [U+FEB7] |
| ﺷ | U+FEB7, &#65207; ARABIC LETTER SHEEN INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺶ [U+FEB6] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺸ → [U+FEB8] |
| ﺸ | U+FEB8, &#65208; ARABIC LETTER SHEEN MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺷ [U+FEB7] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺹ → [U+FEB9] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”), the source of سن (sinn). The association of "tooth" with this letter was the result of folk etymology and based on the corresponding Phoenician letter, 𐤔 (š), having a shape resembling a tooth. The letter originally depicted a composite bow, which usually has the tips curving away from the archer when unstrung.
Related to Classical Syriac ܫ, Hebrew ש, Phoenician 𐤔 (š), Russian ш (š), Aramaic ܫ. More at Shin. It is the only letter of the Arabic alphabet with three dots with a letter corresponding to a letter in the Northwest Semitic abjad or the Phoenician alphabet.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃiːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش / ش‍ / ‍ش‍ / ‍ش • (šīn)
* The thirteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by س (s) and followed by ص (ṣ).

### Symbol

ش / ش‍ / ‍ش‍ / ‍ش • (šīn)
* The twenty-first letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ر (r) and followed by ت (t).

### 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 ش

### References

* ↑ “shin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* ↑ Albright, W. F. (1948). "The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and their Decipherment". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 110 (110): 6–22 [p. 15].

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/, [ʃ]

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕ/, [ɕ]

### Letter

ش (ś)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʂ/, [ʂ], [ɕ]

### Letter

ش
* The eighteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

#### Usage notes

* This letter is also used to represent Pinyin initial x-.

## Iraqi Arabic
### Etymology

Clipping of شنو (šinu). Compare Moroccan Arabic ش (š, “what”), Maltese x’ (“what”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Pronoun

ش (š)
* (interrogative) what
    شاسمك ؟ (to a male) ― šismak? ― What's your name?

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃiːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش • (ś)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س (s)
* Next letter: ص

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃiːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش • (ş)
* The twelfth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ш.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س
* Next letter: ع
* 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: /ʃin/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش (šīn)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س
* Next letter: ݰ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [ʃin]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [ʃ]

### Letter

ش / ش‍ / ‍ش‍ / ‍ش
* The fourteenth 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: /ʃin/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش • (šin)
* The twenty-second letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س
* Next letter: ښ

## Persian
### Letter

شٍ • (šin)
* The sixteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by س and followed by ص. Its name is شین.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਸ਼ (śa)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃiːn̪/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃᵊ/

### Letter

ش • (šīn)
* The nineteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س (sīn)
* Next letter: ص (ṣwāt)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃiːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش • (śīn)
* The thirtieth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### 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: س
* Next letter: ص

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/, [ʃ]

### Suffix

ـش • (-š)
* don't, didn't (negation of verbs)
    Synonyms: ما (mā), (imperative) لا (la)
    بحكيش إنكليزي ― biḥkīš ʔinglīzi ― he doesn't speak English
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    ما بحكيش إنكليزي ― ma biḥkīš ʔinglīzi ― he doesn't speak English
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    تنساش ― tinsāš ― don't forget
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    ما تنساش ― ma tinsāš ― don't forget
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    ما كتبش ― ma katabš ― he didn't write
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Usage notes

* ـش (-š) shifts the stress to the end of the verbal phrase, lengthening final vowels.
* ـش (-š) may be used by itself or together with ما (ma); in the past tense, however, ما (ma) is required.

#### See also

* مش (miš)

## Urdu
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʃiːn/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʃ/

#### Letter

ش • (śīn)
* The nineteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

##### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

##### See also

* Previous letter: س (s)
* Next letter: ص (s)

### Etymology 2

From Classical Persian ـش (-iš).

#### Suffix

ـش • (-iś)
* A suffix used in many nouns borrowed from Persian, and also in certain native words. This is a rough equivalent of -tion or -ment, making a noun for the action of the verb.

##### Usage notes

Persian nouns ending in a long vowel that add ـیـ (-y-) in Persian before this suffix, usually become ـئـ (-i-) due to modified pronunciation. In certain instances, ـیـ (-i-) remains or is one of the acceptable spellings. For example, Persian آزمایش (âzmâyeš) is normally spelled as Urdu آزمائش (āzmāiś).

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش • (she)
* The fourteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س (s)
* Next letter: غ (gh)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʃí/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

ش (ṣ)
* The twenty-first letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script ṣ.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ش | ـش | ـشـ | شـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: س
* Next letter: ت