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• 1 Arabic
  • 1.1 Letter
    * 1.1.1 See also
  • 1.2 Suffix
    * 1.2.1 Usage notes
    * 1.2.2 See also
• 2 Kashmiri
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Letter
    * 2.2.1 See also
• 3 Persian
  • 3.1 Letter
    * 3.1.1 Usage notes
    * 3.1.2 See also

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◌ُ • (u) (no case)

1. ḍamma – ضَمَّة (ḍamma) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wāw).

Arabic diacritics

ـُ • (-u)

1. Forms the nominative determinative inflections of nouns.
   ‎_اَلْـ_ (al-, “the”) + ‎_كِتَاب_ (kitāb, “book”, informal) + ‎_ـُ_ (-u) → ‎_اَلْكِتَابُ_ (al-kitābu, “the book”, nominative)
   ‎_بَيْت_ (bayt, “house”, informal) + ‎_ـُ_ (-u) → ‎_بَيْتُ_ (baytu, “house (of)”, construct)
2. Forms the indicative mood of present-tense verbs.
   ‎_يَقُول_ (yaqūl, “he says”, informal) + ‎_ـُ_ (-u) → ‎_يَقُولُ_ (yaqūlu, “he says”, indicative)

• Noun cases and verb moods are only used in formal language, otherwise, the bare stem is used instead.
• It is elided after long vowels.
  ‎_دُنْيَا_ (dunyā, “world”) + ‎_ـُ_ (-u) → ‎_دُنْيَا_ (dunyā, “world (of)”)

Arabic noun case markers

• ـُ (-u), ـٌ (-un) (nominative singular)
• ـًا (-an), ـَ (-a) (accusative singular)
• ـٍ (-in), ـِ (-i) (genitive singular)
• ـُونَ (-ūna), ـُو (-ū) (nominative plural)
• ـِينَ (-īna), ـِي (-ī) (oblique plural)

Arabic verb mood markers

• ـُ (-u) (indicative singular)

• ـَ (-a) (subjunctive singular)

• ـْ (jussive singular)

• ـِينَ (-īna) (indicative feminine)

• ـِي (-ī) (non-indicative feminine)

• ـُونَ (-ūna) (indicative plural)

• ـُوا (-ū) (non-indicative plural)

• (letter name): IPA(key): /peːʃ/

• (phoneme): IPA(key): /u/

◌ُ • (u) (no case)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

• Vowel : اُ (u)

ـُ • (u / o) (no case)

1. a vowel diacritic in Persian, named ضمه (zamma / zamme) or پیش (pēš / piš).

• As all vowels in Persian, it must be paired to a consonant and can never appear alone. The letter ا (alif / alef) may act as a silent consonant if one is needed.
• Schools in Iran tend to use the name ضمه (zamma / zamme), whereas schools in Afghanistan tend to use the name پیش (pēš / piš).
• Arabic script letters: حروف (hurūf / horuf) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی [edit]

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