پ

See also: ت‎, ب‎, ٹ‎, ث‎, and Appendix:Variations of "p"

پ	U+067E, پ ARABIC LETTER PEH

← ٽ
[U+067D]

Arabic

ٿ →
[U+067F]

ﭖ	U+FB56, ﭖ ARABIC LETTER PEH ISOLATED FORM

← ﭕ
[U+FB55]

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

ﭗ →
[U+FB57]

ﭗ	U+FB57, ﭗ ARABIC LETTER PEH FINAL FORM

← ﭖ
[U+FB56]

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

ﭘ →
[U+FB58]

ﭘ	U+FB58, ﭘ ARABIC LETTER PEH INITIAL FORM

← ﭗ
[U+FB57]

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

ﭙ →
[U+FB59]

ﭙ	U+FB59, ﭙ ARABIC LETTER PEH MEDIAL FORM

← ﭘ
[U+FB58]

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

ﭚ →
[U+FB5A]

Translingual

Letter

پ

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈpaːʔ/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

پ • (pāʾ)

پ‎ (pāʾ) (an additional Arabic letter)

Usage notes

پ‎ (pāʾ) is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ب‎ (bāʾ) that is sometimes used to write foreign names and loanwords with the phoneme /p/. It can be written and pronounced as a ب‎ (bāʾ) instead.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
پ	ـپ	ـپـ	پـ

Khowar

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /pe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

پ (pe)

The third letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
پ	ـپ	ـپـ	پـ

Kurdish

Letter

پ • (transliteration needed)

The third letter of the Kurdo-Arabic alphabet. Its name is پا‎ (pâ) and it has the sound of English P. It is preceded by ب‎ and followed by ت‎.

Synonyms

p

Pashto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /pe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

پ • (pe)

The third letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
پ	ـپ	ـپـ	پـ

Persian

Alternative forms

پ پ‍ ﭙ ﭗ

Written forms
پ	پ‍	ﭙ	ﭗ
Isolated	Initial	Medial	Final

Etymology

From (b) with three dots instead of one, added to the Arabic alphabet in the creation of the Perso-Arabic script in order to accommodate the /p/ phoneme of Persian missing from Arabic.

Pronunciation

Phoneme: IPA^(key): /p/
Letter name: IPA^(key): /pe/
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Letter

پ • (p)

The third letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its names are (pe), (pe), and (bâ-ye fârsi, “the Persian ب bāʾ”).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /pe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

پ (pe)

The tenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
پ	ـپ	ـپـ	پـ

Urdu

Alternative forms

प (pa)

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /pe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

پ • (pe)

The third letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
پ	ـپ	ـپـ	پـ

Uyghur

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /pe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

پ • (pe)

The forth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
پ	ـپ	ـپـ	پـ