Arabic word senses marked with topical category "Arabic letter names": list

Arabic word senses marked with topical category "Arabic letter names"

Total 30 word senses

ألف (Noun) Name of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet (ا / ا).

باء (Noun) ba’, name of the second letter of the Arabic alphabet (ب (b)).

تاء (Noun) ta', name of the third letter of the Arabic alphabet (ت (t)).

ثاء (Noun) tha’, name of the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ث (ṯ)), representing the sound /θ/

جيم (Noun) gimel; jim, name of the fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ج (j)), representing the sound /dʒ/ (standard), /ʒ/ (Syrian, Lebanese, Moroccan, etc.), or /ɡ/ (Egyptian)

حاء (Noun) Name of the sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ح (ḥ)), representing the sound /ħ/

خاء (Noun) Name of the seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet (خ (ḵ)), representing the sound /x/ or /χ/

دال (Noun) dalet; dal, name of the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet (د (d)), representing the sound /d/

ذال (Noun) Name of the ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ذ (ḏ)), representing the sound /ð/

راء (Noun) Name of the tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ر (r)), representing the sound /r/

زاي (Noun) Name of the eleventh letter of the Arabic alphabet (ز (z)), representing the sound /z/

سين (Noun) Name of the twelfth letter of the Arabic alphabet (س (s)), representing the sound /s/

شين (Noun) Name of the thirteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ش (š)), representing the sound /ʃ/

صاد (Noun) Name of the fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ص (ṣ)), representing the sound /sˤ/

ضاد (Noun) Name of the fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ض (ḍ))

طاء (Noun) Name of the sixteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ط (ṭ)), representing the sound /tˤ/

ظاء (Noun) Name of the seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ظ (ẓ)), representing the sound /ðˤ/

عين (Noun) Name of the eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ع (ʕ)), representing the sound /ʕ/

غين (Noun) Name of the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (غ (ḡ)), representing the sound [ɣ] or

فاء (Noun) Name of the 20th letter of the Arabic alphabet (ف (f)), representing the sound /f/.

قاف (Noun) Name of the 21st letter of the Arabic alphabet (ق (q)), representing the sound /q/ (Standard, Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Druze, etc.), /ɡ/ (Hejazi, Najdi, Libyan, Southern Iraqi, etc.), /ʔ/ (Levantine, Egyptian, etc.).

كاف (Noun) Name of the 22nd letter of the Arabic alphabet (ك (k)), representing the sound /k/.

لام (Noun) Name of the 23rd letter of the Arabic alphabet (ل (l)), representing the sound /l/.

ميم (Noun) Name of the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet (م / م), representing the sound /m/.

نون (Noun) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:; a male given name from Hebrew

هاء (Noun) Name of the 26th letter of the Arabic alphabet (ه (h)), representing the sound /h/.

همزة (Noun) hamza

همزة (Noun) slanderer, detractor

واو (Noun) Name of the 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet (و / و), representing the sound /w/.

ياء (Noun) Name of the 28th and last letter of the Arabic alphabet (ي (y)), representing the sound /j/.

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