Ẓāʾ
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| Phonemic representation | ðˤ (zˤ, dˤ) | |||||||||
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| Position in alphabet | 27 | |||||||||
| Numerical value | 900 | |||||||||
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Ẓāʾ, or ḏ̣āʾ (ظ), is one of the six letters the Arabic alphabet added to the twenty-two inherited from the Phoenician alphabet (the others being ṯāʾ, ḫāʾ, ḏāl, ḍād, ġayn). In name and shape, it is a variant of ṭāʾ. Its numerical Ww value is 900 (see Abjad numerals). The Arabic letter <ظ> Ẓāʾ is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:
In Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic it represents a pharyngealized or velarized voiced dental fricative [ðˤ] or [ðˠ]. It is acceptable to pronounce it as a pharyngealized or velarized voiced alveolar fricative [zˤ] or [zˠ].
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