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ẓāʾ
, 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 Ancient South Arabian script, South Arabian . ' does not change its shape depending on its position in the word: Frequency is the rarest phoneme of the Arabic language. Out of 2,967 triliteral roots listed by Hans Wehr in his Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 1952 dictionary, only 42 (1.4%) contain . is the least mentioned letter in the Quran (not including the eight special letters in Arabic), and is only mentioned 853 times in the Quran. In relation to other Semitic languages In some reconstructions of Proto-Semitic phonology, there is an emphatic consonant, emphatic interdental fricative, / ( or ), featuring as the direct ancestor of Arabic , while it merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ḍād
() 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 . The letter symbol itself is a derivation, by addition of a diacritic dot, from ص ''ṣād'' (representing /sˤ/). Origin Based on ancient descriptions of this sound, it is clear that in Qur'anic Arabic ''ḍ'' was some sort of unusual lateral sound. Sibawayh, author of the first book on Arabic grammar, explained the letter as being articulated from "between the first part of the side of the tongue and the adjoining molars". It is reconstructed by modern linguists as having been either a pharyngealized voiced alveolar lateral fricative or a similar affricated sound or . The affricated form is suggested by loans of ''ḍ'' into Akkadian as ''ld'' or '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |