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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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Within Vinony's link graph, ฆอยน์ is referenced by 297 other articles, and connects out to ظ, Arabic and ث.

It is catalogued under topics including Arabic letters and Urdu letters.

Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.

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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HTML entity
غ
Commons category
غ
Unicode character
غ
native label
غَيْن
Unicode code point
063A
Unicode character name
ARABIC LETTER GHAIN
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