Źim Explained

Źim
Script:Arabic script
Type:Abjad
Language:Pashto
Phonemes:Pashto: pronounced as /link/ / pronounced as /link/
Unicode: [1]
Direction:Right-to-left

, , , or is a Pashto letter representing the sibilant affricative (IPA: pronounced as /link/) sound. In size and shape, it is a ḥāʾ with a hamza above.[2] It is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unicode Utilities: Character Properties . util.unicode.org . 28 November 2020.
  2. Book: David . Anne Boyle . Descriptive grammar of Pashto and its dialects . 2014 . De Gruyter Mouton . Berlin . 9781614512318. 10.1515/9781614512318.