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◌ُ U+064F, ُ
ARABIC DAMMA
◌َ
[U+064E]
Arabic ◌ِ
[U+0650]

U+FE78, ﹸ
ARABIC DAMMA ISOLATED FORM

[U+FE77]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE79]

U+FE79, ﹹ
ARABIC DAMMA MEDIAL FORM

[U+FE78]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE7A]

Arabic

Letter

◌ُ • (u)

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

See also

Arabic diacritics
ـَ (-a) ـُ (-u) ـِ (-i) ـّ ـْ ـً (-an) ـٌ (-un) ـٍ (-in) ـٰ () ـۡ‏ ـٓ ـ۟ ـ۠ ـۢ ـࣰ (-an) ـࣱ (-un) ـࣲ (-in) ـ۪

Suffix

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)

Usage notes

  • Noun cases and verb moods are only used in formal language, otherwise, the bare stem is used instead.

See also

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /peːʃ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /u/

Letter

◌ُ • (u)

  1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

See also

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name):
 

Readings
Classical reading? pēš
Dari reading? pēš
Iranian reading? piš
Tajik reading? peš
  • (phoneme):
 

Readings
Classical reading? u
Dari reading? u
Iranian reading? o
Tajik reading? u

Letter

◌ُ • (u, o)

  1. (Classical Persian, Dari) pēš a short vowel diacritic, representing a 'short u'. It also indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wâw)
  2. (Iran) piš a vowel diacritic indicating an 'o' sound.

See also