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Arabic
Letter
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mīm)
Symbol
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mīm)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic. Sometimes thought to be derived from the pronouns present in Arabic مَا (mā), Hebrew מה (mā, “what”), and مَن (man), מי (mī, “who”), so that, for example, مُدَرِّس (mudarris, “teacher”) is originally من يُدَرِّس (man yudarris, “he who teaches”). Compare also Arabic مَكْتُوب (maktūb) versus Hebrew כתוב (kāṯūḇ), both meaning “written”, with prefix in Arabic, but without in Hebrew.
Prefix
مَـ • (ma-)
Prefix
مِـ • (mi-)
Prefix
مُـ • (mu-)
- a prefix that forms part of the pattern for participles from verb form II upwards, as well as all four-root verbs, i. e. all participles that are not from verb form I
- دَرَّسَ (darrasa, “to teach”) → مُدَرِّسٌ (mudarrisun, “teacher”)
- اِسْتَشْفَى (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) → مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan, “hospital”, literally “place where cure is sought”)
See also
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ā), ب (b), ت (t), ث (ṯ), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), د (d), ذ (ḏ), ر (r), ز (z), س (s), ش (š), ص (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط (ṭ), ظ (ẓ), ع (ʿ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), ل (l), م (m), ن (n), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
- Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: م
Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/, [m]
Burushaski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/, [m]
Kashmiri
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
Kazakh
Cyrillic | М, м (M, m) |
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Arabic | م (م) |
Latin |
Letter
م • (m)
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
See also
- Previous letter: ل (ل)
- Next letter: ن (ن)
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ا), ب (ب), پ (پ), ﺕ (ﺕ), ﺝ (ﺝ), ﭺ (ﭺ), ﺡ (ﺡ), ﺩ (ﺩ), ﺭ (ﺭ), ﺯ (ﺯ), ﺱ (ﺱ), ﺵ (ﺵ), ﻉ (ﻉ), ﻑ (ﻑ), ﻕ (ﻕ), ك (ك), گ (گ), ڭ (ڭ), ﻝ (ﻝ), ﻡ (ﻡ), ﻥ (ﻥ), ە (ە), ھ (ھ), و (و), ۇ (ۇ), ۋ (ۋ), ۆ (ۆ), ى (ى), ي (ي).
Khowar
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [mem]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [m]
Letter
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /mim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (mim)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
Persian
Pronunciation
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Letter
م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل and followed by ن. Its name is میم (mim).
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [script needed] (-om).
Suffix
ـُم • (-om)
Dari | ـم |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | -ум (-um) |
Usage notes
An ordinal number formed by the suffix ـم (-om) behaves syntactically as a regular adjective, unlike the cardinals, and takes the ezâfe.
- بيست قرن ― bist qarn ― twenty centuries
- قرن بيستم ― qarn-e bistom ― twentieth century
Persian has two ways to form the ordinals: ـم (-om), and the related ـمین (-omin). The -om forms have a stronger connotation of labeling, while the -omin forms have a stronger connotation of counting according to a certain criterion. The -omin forms also precede the attributed noun without the ezâfe.
- خانه سوم خیابان ― xâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbân ― third house on the street [out of all houses]
- سومین خانه سیاه خیابان ― sevvomin xâne-ye siyâh-e xiyâbân ― the third black house on the street
For "first" in isolation (but not in compounds), یکم (yekom) is much less common than the Arabic-borrowed اول (avval).
Etymology 3
From می (mē-, mi-).
Sindhi
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /miːm/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /m/
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /me/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
م • (me)
- The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
Yoruba
Letter
م (m)
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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م | ـم | ـمـ | مـ |