ظ

ظ (called Ẓāʾ) is the 17th letter in the Arabic alphabet. It is written as ظ in its isolated form. This letter is used in Arabic and other languages that use the Arabic script.

 How it sounds 

The letter ظ represents a voiced pharyngealized alveolar fricative sound. This means it is pronounced by constricting the throat and making a “z” sound. It is similar to the English “z” but with a deeper, more guttural sound.

Example: The word “ظَهر” (ẓuhr) means “back” or “afternoon” in Arabic and is pronounced like “ẓuhr”.

 Usage in Arabic 

Common Words: The letter ظ appears in many common Arabic words.

Example: “ظَريف” (ẓarīf) means “nice” or “charming”.

Another example: “ظُلم” (ẓulm) means “injustice”.

 Writing forms 
The letter ظ changes its shape depending on its position in a word:

 Isolated: ظ
 Initial: ظـ
 Medial: ـظـ
 Final: ـظ

 Unicode 
The letter ظ has special codes in computers:

 Unicode: U+0638

These codes are used to represent the letter in digital text.

 Arabizi 
In Arabizi, a system used to write Arabic using the Latin alphabet and numbers, the letter ظ is represented by the number 6’. This helps people type Arabic sounds on keyboards that do not have Arabic letters.

Category:Letters
Category:Arabic language