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.
Key facts
- Semitic letter.letname
- Ghayn
- Semitic letter.previouslink
- Ẓāʾ
- Semitic letter.previousletter
- Ẓāʾ
- Semitic letter.archar
- غ
- Semitic letter.ipa
- ɣ, ʁ
- Semitic letter.num
- 28
- Semitic letter.gem
- 1000
- Grapheme.name
- ġayn
- Grapheme.letter
- غ
- Grapheme.script
- Arabic script
- Grapheme.type
- Abjad
- Grapheme.language
- Arabic language
- Grapheme.phonemes
- ,
- Grapheme.alphanumber
- 19
- Grapheme.fam1
- V28
- Grapheme.fam2
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Ghayin
- Grapheme.fam3
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Caananite Ghayin
- Grapheme.fam4
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Ayin
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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.
' is written in several ways depending on its position in the word: