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'''''' () is the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet, one of the six letters not in the twenty-two akin to the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪛‎‎‎‎, and South Arabian .

'''''' () is the fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, one of the six letters not in the twenty-two akin to the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). In name and shape, it is a variant of . Its numerical value is 800 (see Abjad numerals). It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪓‎‎‎, South Arabian .

''' or (, transliterated as (DIN-31635), (Hans Wehr), (ALA-LC) or (ISO 233)) is one of the six letters the Arabic alphabet added to the twenty-two inherited from the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). It is based on the ' . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪍‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

The Arabic letter ' (, or ', ) is one of the six letters the Arabic alphabet added to the twenty-two inherited from the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). It represents the sound or . In name and shape, it is a variant of ʻayn (). Its numerical value is 1000 (see Abjad numerals). In Persian, it represents ~ and is the twenty-second letter in the new Persian alphabet.

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Arabic letter seen (U+0633) or sīn

', or ' (), is the seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, one of the six letters not in the twenty-two akin to the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). In name and shape, it is a variant of . Its numerical value is 900 (see Abjad numerals). It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪜‎‎, and South Arabian .

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Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ʾālep , Hebrew ʾālef , Aramaic ʾālap , Syriac ʾālap̄ , Arabic ʾalif , and North Arabian . It also appears as South Arabian and Ge'ez ʾälef .

second letter of many Semitic alphabets

Arabic letter tcheh (U+0686) or čīm, used in Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Khowar, Uyghur, etc.

Že or Zhe (), used to represent the phoneme , is a letter in the Persian alphabet, based on Zayin| () with two additional diacritic dots. It is one of the five letters that the Persian alphabet adds to the original Arabic script, others being , and , in addition the obsolete . In name and shape, it is a variant of ze. Its numerical value is 4000 (see Abjad numerals).

additional letter peh of the Arabic script used to represent the [p] sound in the Persian or Urdu alphabet

Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm , Aramaic mem 𐡌, Syriac mīm ܡ, Arabic mīm , and Phoenician mēm 𐤌. Its sound value is . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪃‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek mu (Μ), Etruscan class=skin-invert-image|10px|M, Latin M, and Cyrillic М.

Gimel is the third (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order) letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician gīml 𐤂, Hebrew gīmel , Aramaic gāmal 𐡂, Syriac gāmal ܓ Arabic jīm . Ancient North Arabian 𐪔‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

Dalet (, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ' 𐤃, Hebrew , Aramaic ' 𐡃, Syriac '''' ܕ, and Arabic (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order). Its sound value is the voiced alveolar plosive (). It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪕‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

sixth letter of many Semitic alphabets

Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew lāmeḏ , Aramaic lāmaḏ 𐡋, Syriac lāmaḏ ܠ, Arabic lām , and Phoenician lāmd 𐤋. Its sound value is . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪁‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

Zayin (also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay) is the seventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician zayn 𐤆, Hebrew zayīn , Aramaic zain 𐡆, Syriac zayn ܙ, and Arabic zāy . It represents the sound . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪘‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .‌ The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek zeta (Ζ), Etruscan z class=skin-invert|14px|Z, Latin Z, and Cyrillic Ze З, as well as Ж.

fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets

seventeenth letter of the Semitic scripts

Heth, sometimes written Chet or Ḥet, is the eighth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ḥēt 𐤇, Hebrew ḥēt , Aramaic ḥēṯ 𐡇, Syriac ḥēṯ ܚ, and Arabic ḥāʾ . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪂‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets

Teth, also written as ' or Tet', is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṭēt 𐤈, Hebrew ṭēt , Aramaic ṭēṯ 𐡈, Syriac ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic ṭāʾ . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪗‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Geʽez .

Ayin (also ayn or ain; transliterated ) is the sixteenth letter of the Semitic scripts, including Phoenician ʿayin 𐤏, Hebrew ʿayin , Aramaic ʿē 𐡏, Syriac ʿē ܥ, and Arabic ʿayn (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only). It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪒‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets

Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ , Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian , South Arabian , and Geʽez .

Resh is the twentieth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician rēš 𐤓, Hebrew rēš , Aramaic rēš 𐡓‎, Syriac rēš ܪ, and Arabic rāʾ . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪇‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . Its sound value is one of a number of rhotic consonants: usually or , but also or in Hebrew and some North Mesopotamian Arabic dialects.

Tsade (also spelled ', , , , tzadi, sadhe, tzaddik') is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṣādē 𐤑, Hebrew ṣādī , Aramaic ṣāḏē 𐡑, Syriac ṣāḏē ܨ, Ge'ez ṣädäy ጸ, and Arabic ṣād . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . The corresponding letter of the Ugaritic alphabet is 𐎕 ṣade.

Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yod , Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪚‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . Its sound value is in all languages for which it is used; in many languages, it also serves as a long vowel, representing .

Ṭe is a letter of the extended Arabic alphabet, derived from te () by replacing the dots with a small t̤oʾe (; historically four dots in a square pattern, e.g. ). It is not used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent an voiceless retroflex plosive [ʈ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri as well as Balochi. The small t̤oʾe diacritic is used to indicate a retroflex consonant in Urdu. It is the fifth letter of the Urdu alphabet. Its Abjad value is considered to be 400. In Urdu, this letter may also be called tā-ye-musaqqalā ("heavy te") or tā-ye-h

Ḍal or ḍāl is a letter of the extended Arabic alphabet, derived from dāl () by placing a small t̤oʾe (; historically four dots in a square pattern, e.g. ) on top. It is not used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent a voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri as well as Balochi. The small t̤oʾe diacritic is used to indicate a retroflex consonant in Urdu. It is the twelfth letter of the Urdu alphabet. Its Abjad value is considered to be 4. In Urdu, this letter may also be called dāl-e-musaqqalā ("heavy dal") or dāl-e-hind

Khē, or Keheh, is a letter of the Arabic script, used to write in Sindhi. It is equivalent to in Sindhi's Devanagari orthography.

Ṛe, also Aṛ, is a letter of the extended Arabic alphabet, based on rāʾ () with the addition of a diacritical ṭāʾ (; historically four dots in a square pattern, e.g. ) on top. It is not used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent the word-medial and word-final retroflex flap [ɽ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri. The small t̤oʾe diacritic is used to indicate a retroflex consonant in Urdu. Its Abjad value is considered to be 200. In Urdu, this letter may also be called rā-ye-musaqqalā ("heavy re") or rā-ye-hindiyā ("Indian re"). In Devanagari, this c

Arabic letter yeh barree (U+06D2) or big yā, elongated variant of the Arabic letter Farsi yā, used in Urdu and Shahmukhi to represent a long vowel /eː/ or /ɛː/

B̤ē (ٻ) is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from bāʼ (ب) with an additional dot. It is not used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent the sound when writing Sindhi, Saraiki, and Hausa in the Arabic script. The same sound may also be written simply as bāʾ in Hausa, undifferentiated from .

Arabic letter noon ghunna (U+06BA)or nūn-e ġunna, used in Urdu and archaic Arabic; indicates nasalized vowels in Urdu; dotless in all four contextual forms

Arabic letter heh goal (U+06C1) or “choṭī hē” (round hā’): variant of the Arabic letter hā’ as used in Urdu (and distinguished from heh doachashmee ‹ھ›); pronounced /ɑ/ at the end of a word, otherwise /h/ or silent