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Arabic letter ḍād It is hypothesized that the original pronunciation of the letter was a pharyngealised lateral fricative /ɮˤ/ . Early on, its sound was merged with ظ ( ẓ ) /ðˤ/ , a merger that is reflected in all colloquial dialects. In dialects with stopping of dental fricatives, both were then shifted further to /dˤ/ . When the ability to produce the sound /ɮˤ/ waned some time after its loss from actual speech, the Quran readers reassigned the stop /dˤ/ to ض ( ḍ ) in order to maintain its distinction from ظ ( ẓ ) .
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /dˤaːd/ ( phoneme ) :
IPA (key ) : /dˤ/ ( standard ) IPA (key ) : /ðˤ/ ( commonly in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Tunisia. ) IPA (key ) : /ɮˤ/ ( hypothesized pronunciation; classical Arabic ) ض / ض / ض / ض • (ḍād )
The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص ( ṣ ) and followed by ط ( ṭ ) . ض / ض / ض / ض • (ḍād )
The twenty-sixth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals ). It is preceded by ذ ( ḏ ) and followed by ظ ( ẓ ) . (Arabic script letters ا ( ʔalif ) , ب ( bāʔ ) , ت ( tāʔ ) , ث ( ṯāʔ ) , ج ( jīm ) , ح ( ḥāʔ ) , خ ( ḵāʔ ) , د ( dāl ) , ذ ( ḏāl ) , ر ( rāʔ ) , ز ( zāy ) , س ( sīn ) , ش ( šīn ) , ص ( ṣād ) , ض ( ḍād ) , ط ( ṭāʔ ) , ظ ( ẓāʔ ) , ع ( ʕayn ) , غ ( ḡayn ) , ف ( fāʔ ) , ق ( qāf ) , ك ( kāf ) , ل ( lām ) , م ( mīm ) , ن ( nūn ) , ه ( hāʔ ) , و ( wāw ) , ي ( yāʔ )
Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet Search for entries beginning with ض ض (transliteration needed
The twenty-eighth letter of the Balti alphabet , written in the Perso-Arabic script ض (z )
The twenty-eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet , written in the Perso-Arabic script ض
The twentieth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad ض • (ḍād )
The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص ( ṣād ) and followed by ط ( ṭāʔ ) .
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ض • (z )
The twenty-sixth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri .
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Previous letter: ص ( s )
Next letter: ط ( t ) ض (z̤u'ād )
The twenty-eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.
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Previous letter: ص
Next letter: ط ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [dɔt] ( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) : [d] ( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) : [t̚] ض / ض / ض / ض
The sixteenth letter of the Malay alphabet , written in the Arabic script . (Arabic script letters 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 گ ل م ن و ۏ ه ہ ھ ء ي ى ی ے ڽ [edit ] ض • (dwâd )
The twenty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet .
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Previous letter: ص
Next letter: ط ض / ض / ض / ض • (zâd )
The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet . It is preceded by ص ط ضاد ( zâd ) , In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات ( zwât ) and ضواد ( zwâd, zwâd ) . ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /zwaːt/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /zᵊ/ , /zwᵊ/ ض • (ẓwāt )
The twenty-first letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
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Previous letter: ص ( ṣwāt )
Next letter: ط ( t̤ōē ) ض • (zwad )
The thirty-second letter of the Sindhi abjad.
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Previous letter: ص
Next letter: ط ض • (zvād )
The twenty-first letter of the Urdu abjad.
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ـض
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Previous letter: ص ( s )
Next letter: ط ( t ) 
