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Also known as ARABIC LETTER GHAIN, , ghain, 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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Article · 日本語

غ(ガイン, غين)はアラビア文字の19番目に位置する文字。有声軟口蓋摩擦音 /ɣ/ を表す。 フェニキア文字では /ʕ/ と /ɣ/ を区別することができなかった。アラビア文字では点を加えることによって ع‎ (/ʕ/) と غ‎ (/ɣ/) を区別する。 書く時は「ف」の語中形と区別するために、語中形・語末形の逆三角形を塗ることが多い。

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