ع

العربية

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ع

/ʕajn/ letter, name
/ʕ/ phoneme
[ʢ]

Where it comes from

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.

letter ʕayn

letter The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ظ (ẓ) and followed by غ (ḡ).
letter Z, unknown variable.

symbol ʕayn

The sixteenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by س (s) and followed by ف (f).

In English

ayin Semitic letter

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}