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Also known as ARABIC LETTER GHAIN, ﻍ, ghayn, ġayn

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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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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