م


م U+0645, م
ARABIC LETTER MEEM
← ل
[U+0644] 		Arabic ن →
[U+0646]
ﻡ U+FEE1, ﻡ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM ISOLATED FORM
← ﻠ
[U+FEE0] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻢ →
[U+FEE2]
ﻢ U+FEE2, ﻢ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM FINAL FORM
← ﻡ
[U+FEE1] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻣ →
[U+FEE3]
ﻣ U+FEE3, ﻣ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM INITIAL FORM
← ﻢ
[U+FEE2] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻤ →
[U+FEE4]
ﻤ U+FEE4, ﻤ
ARABIC LETTER MEEM MEDIAL FORM
← ﻣ
[U+FEE3] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻥ →
[U+FEE5]

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/

Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م‎ • (mīm)

  1. the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل‎ (l) and followed by ن‎ (n)

Symbol

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م‎ • (mīm)

  1. the thirteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ل‎ (l) and followed by ن‎ (n).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic. Sometimes thought to be derived from the pronouns present in Arabic مَا‎ (mā), Hebrew מה‎ (mā, “what”), and مَن‎ (man), מי‎ (mī, “who”), so that, for example, مُدَرِّس‎ (mudarris, “teacher”) is originally من يُدَرِّس‎ (man yudarris, “he who teaches”). Compare also Arabic مَكْتُوب‎ (maktūb) versus Hebrew כתוב‎ (kāṯūḇ), both meaning “written”, with prefix in Arabic, but without in Hebrew.

Prefix

مَـ • (ma-)

  1. a prefix used to create nouns of place
    خَبَزَ‎ (ḵabaza, “to bake”) → مَخْبِز‎ (maḵbiz, “bakery”, literally “place of making bread”)
    دَرَسَ‎ (darasa, “to study”) → مَدْرَسَة‎ (madrasa, “school”, literally “place of studying”)

Prefix

مِـ • (mi-)

  1. a prefix used to create instrument nouns
    فَتَحَ‎ (fataḥa, “to open”) → مِفْتَاح‎ (miftāḥ, “key”, literally “instrument for opening”)
    وَزَنَ‎ (wazana, “to weigh”) → مِيزَان‎ (mīzān, “scales”, literally “instrument of weighing”)

Prefix

مُـ • (mu-)

  1. a prefix that forms part of the pattern for participles from verb form II upwards, as well as all four-root verbs, i. e. all participles that are not from verb form I
    دَرَّسَ‎ (darrasa, “to teach”) → مُدَرِّسٌ‎ (mudarrisun, “teacher”)
    اِسْتَشْفَى‎ (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) → مُسْتَشْفًى‎ (mustašfan, “hospital”, literally “place where cure is sought”)

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /mim/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/

Letter

م (mīm)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
مـمـمـمـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ڵ‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [mem]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [m]

Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم‎

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /mim/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mim)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
مـمـمـمـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ل‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Persian

Etymology

From می‎ (mē-, mi-).

Pronunciation

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Letter

ﻡ / ﻣ / ﻤ / ﻢ • (mim)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل‎ and followed by ن‎. Its name is میم‎.

Prefix

م • (me, mo)

  1. (dialectal, Mashhad) A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses
    او جرأت نِمِکِرد. کی جرأت مِکِرد؟‎
    U jor'at nemekerd. Ki jor'at mekerd?

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/

Letter

م (mīm)

  1. The forty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
مـمـمـمـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ل‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Urdu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /miːm/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mīm)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
مـمـمـمـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ل‎
  • Next letter: ن‎

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /me/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/

Letter

م • (me)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
مـمـمـمـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ل‎ (l)
  • Next letter: ن‎ (n)
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