# ع

| ع | U+0639, &#1593; ARABIC LETTER AIN |
| ← ظ [U+0638] | Arabic | غ → [U+063A] |
| ﻉ | U+FEC9, &#65225; ARABIC LETTER AIN ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻈ [U+FEC8] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻊ → [U+FECA] |
| ﻊ | U+FECA, &#65226; ARABIC LETTER AIN FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻉ [U+FEC9] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻋ → [U+FECB] |
| ﻋ | U+FECB, &#65227; ARABIC LETTER AIN INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻊ [U+FECA] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻌ → [U+FECC] |
| ﻌ | U+FECC, &#65228; ARABIC LETTER AIN MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻋ [U+FECB] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻍ → [U+FECD] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢗 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ʿayn”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹. See also Classical Syriac ܥ (ʿ, “ʿe”), Hebrew ע (ʿ, “ʿayin”), Ancient Greek Ο (O), Latin O.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʕajn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʕ/

### Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)
* The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ (ẓ) and followed by غ (ḡ).
* Z, unknown variable.

### Symbol

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)
* The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by س (s) and followed by ف (f).

### Verb

عِ • (ʕi) (form I) /ʕi/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)

### 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 ع

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔ/, [ʔ]

### Letter

ع (’)
* The thirty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə/, [ə]

### Letter

ع (e)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

#### Usage notes

* This letter is a vowel when representing Chinese but considered a consonant when representing Arabic and Persian loans.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Preposition

ع • (ʿa)
* see على

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /əːn/
* (phoneme): /∅/

### Letter

ع • (ʿ)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ظ (z)
* Next letter: غ (ġ)

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ع • (ğ)
* The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ش
* Next letter: ف
* 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: /æn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /-/

### Letter

ع (‘ain)
* The thirty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ظ
* Next letter: غ

## Kyrgyz
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ع • (ğe)
* The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### 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
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [(ʔ)aen]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [(ʔ)]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [ʔ]

### Letter

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع
* The nineteenth 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

## North Levantine Arabic
### Alternative forms

* على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

### Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال (al-).

### Preposition

ع • (transliteration needed)
* Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

#### Usage notes

* Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
* In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʕa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʔain/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʔ/

### Letter

ع • (`ain)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ظ
* Next letter: غ

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name)
** (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA: /ajn/, [ʔäjn]
** (Iran) IPA: /ejn/, [ʔejn~ʔajn]
* (phonemes)
** (formal, all dialects) IPA: [ʔ] (or deleted)
** (colloquial, Dari) IPA: [ɑː], [oː], [eː], [w], [j] (or deleted)
* Audio (Iran):(file)
* homophones: ا (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), ء (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).

### Letter

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn)
* The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.

#### Usage notes

* Since Persian approximated the Arabic ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the ء (“hamza/hamze”) in medial and final positions and ا (“alif/alef”) in word-initial positions.

## Punjabi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɛːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /aː/, /oː/, /eː/, /˩˥/, /˥˩/ or silent

### Letter

ع • (ʻain)
* The twenty-fourth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ظ (z̤ōē)
* Next letter: غ (ġain)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɛːn/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

### Letter

ع • (aen)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### 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: ظ
* Next letter: غ

## South Levantine Arabic
### Preposition

عـ • (ʕa-)
* Alternative form of على (ʕala)

#### Usage notes

* This is a shortened form of على (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال (il).

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɛːn/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʕ/ or silent

### Letter

ع • ('ain)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ع | ـع | ـعـ | عـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ظ (z)
* Next letter: غ (ġ)