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See also: غ, E, and Ɛ

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 name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʕ/

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ (ẓ) and followed by غ (ḡ).
2. Z, unknown variable.

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع • (ʕayn)

1. The sixteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by س (s) and followed by ف (f).

عِ • (ʕi) (form I) /ʕi/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَعَى (waʕā)

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

ع (transliteration needed)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/, [ʔ]

ع (’)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

• IPA^(key): /ə/, [ə]

ع (e)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad

• This letter is a vowel when representing Chinese but considered a consonant when representing Arabic and Persian loans.

ع • (ʿa)

1. see على

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /əːn/
• (phoneme): /∅/

ع • (ʿ)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Previous letter: ظ (z)
• Next letter: غ (ġ)

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ع
Cyrillic	Ғ, ғ
Latin	Ğ, ğ
Yañalif	Ƣ, ƣ

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʕajn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɣ/

ع • (ğ)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ғ.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Previous letter: ش
• Next letter: ف

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /æn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /-/

ع (‘ain)

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

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Previous letter: ظ
• Next letter: غ

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʁe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʁ/

ع • (ğe)

1. The four point second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ґ

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Arabic script letters: тамгалар (tamgalar) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﺀ, ﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, ۋ, ﻻ ^[edit]

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)aen]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [ʔ]

ع / ع‍ / ‍ع‍ / ‍ع

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

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

• على (ʕala) (less common, but not rare, except before the article)

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ال (al-).

ع • (transliteration needed)

1. Alternative form of عَلَى (ʕala)

• Common or predominant in all contexts, especially before the definite article.
• In writing, the preposition is usually spelt as an isolated letter. However, it is commonly joined to the article, as in عالبيت (ʕa-l-bayt, “to the house; home”).

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʔain/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

ع • (`ain)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Previous letter: ظ
• Next letter: غ

• (letter name)
  • (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /ajn/, [ʔäjn]
  • (Iran) IPA^(key): /ejn/, [ʔejn~ʔajn]
• (phonemes)
  • (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [ʔ] (or deleted)
  • (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [oː], [eː], [w], [j] (or deleted)

• homophones: ا (“alif/alef”) (word-initial), ء (“hamza/hamze”) (other positions).

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع • ('ayn or 'eyn)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.

• Since Persian approximated the Arabic ع (/ʕ/, "Voiced pharyngeal fricative") to a glottal stop /ʔ/, ع does not have a distinct phoneme. As the glottal stop was already represented by the ء (“hamza/hamze”) in medial and final positions and ا (“alif/alef”) in word-initial positions.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/ or silent

ع • (ʻain)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Previous letter: ظ (z̤ōē)
• Next letter: غ (ġain)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʔ/, /ʕ/ or silent

ع • (aen)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]
• Previous letter: ظ
• Next letter: غ

عـ • (ʕa-)

1. Alternative form of على (ʕala)

• This is a shortened form of على (ʕala), particularly used before the definite article ال (il).

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɛːn/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /oː/, /eː/, /ʕ/ or silent

ع • ('ain)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ

• Previous letter: ظ (z)
• Next letter: غ (ġ)