ذ

See also: د‎, ڈ‎, and Appendix:Variations of "d"

ذ	U+0630, ذ ARABIC LETTER THAL

← د
[U+062F]

Arabic

ر →
[U+0631]

ﺫ	U+FEAB, ﺫ ARABIC LETTER THAL ISOLATED FORM

← ﺪ
[U+FEAA]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﺬ →
[U+FEAC]

ﺬ	U+FEAC, ﺬ ARABIC LETTER THAL FINAL FORM

← ﺫ
[U+FEAB]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﺭ →
[U+FEAD]

Arabic

Etymology 1

د‎ (d) distinguished by a point, written with that sign before the invention of such points (in rasm) because the scribes understood that Arabic /ð/ is represented in Nabataean words that are by their lineage related to the Arabic words that have /ð/ in them by /d/ written by the Nabataean 𐢅‎ (d), from which the Arabic د‎ (d) for /d/ descends.

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ðaːl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ð/

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ‎ • (ḏāl)

The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by د‎ (d) and followed by ر‎ (r).

Symbol

ذ / ‍ذ‎ • (ḏāl)

The twenty-fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by خ‎ (ḵ) and followed by ض‎ (ḍ).

References

Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia, volume 49, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/43075525, page 74

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ذٰ • (ḏā) m sg

Classical Arabic spelling of ذَا‎ (ḏā)

Khowar

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zāl)

The seventeenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

Malay

Pronunciation

(Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zal]
(Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [z]
(Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ذ / ‍ذ‎

The tenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Pashto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /zɑl/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zâl)

The fifteenth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

Persian

Alternative forms

ﺫ ﺫ‍ ﺬ ‍ﺬ

Written forms
ﺫ	ﺫ‍	ﺬ ‍	‍ﺬ
Isolated	Initial	Medial	Final

Etymology

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð]. Persian lack a phoneme for that sound, so it is pronounced as /z/.

Pronunciation

Phoneme: IPA^(key): /z/
Letter name: IPA^(key): /zɒːl/

Letter

ذ • (z)

The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is (zâl).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ (zal)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ

Urdu

Alternative forms

ज़ (za)

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /zal/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

ذ • (zal)

The thirteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ذ	ـذ