م

See also: مـ and ـم

م U+0645, م ARABIC LETTER MEEM ← ل [U+0644] Arabic ن → [U+0646]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
م	ـم	ـمـ	مـ

ﻡ U+FEE1, ﻡ ARABIC LETTER MEEM ISOLATED FORM ← ﻠ [U+FEE0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻢ → [U+FEE2]

ﻢ U+FEE2, ﻢ ARABIC LETTER MEEM FINAL FORM ← ﻡ [U+FEE1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻣ → [U+FEE3]

ﻣ U+FEE3, ﻣ ARABIC LETTER MEEM INITIAL FORM ← ﻢ [U+FEE2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻤ → [U+FEE4]

ﻤ U+FEE4, ﻤ ARABIC LETTER MEEM MEDIAL FORM ← ﻣ [U+FEE3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻥ → [U+FEE5]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [mim]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [m]

Letter

م (mim)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢓 (m, “mim”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖. See also Classical Syriac ܡ (m, “mīm”), Hebrew מ (m, “mem”), Ancient Greek Μ (M), Latin M.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م • (mīm)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).
2. p.m., after noon (abbreviation from مساء)

   See also: ص (ṣ)

Symbol

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍م‍ـ / ـ‍م • (mīm)

1. The thirteenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic *m-. Cognate with Proto-Berber *-m- and Egyptian m-.

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-)

1. a prefix used to create nouns of place

   خَبَزَ (ḵabaza, “to bake”) → مَخْبِز (maḵbiz, “bakery”, literally “place of making bread”)

   دَرَسَ (darasa, “to study”) → مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”, literally “place of studying”)

Prefix

مِـ • (mi-)

1. a prefix used to create instrument nouns

   فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”) → مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ, “key”, literally “instrument for opening”)

   وَزَنَ (wazana, “to weigh”) → مِيزَان (mīzān, “scales”, literally “instrument of weighing”)

Prefix

مُـ • (mu-)

1. 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”)

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of مِيلَادِيّ (mīlādiyy).

Adverb

م • (m)

1. AD

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with: م

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/, [m]

Letter

م (transliteration needed)

1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/, [m]

Letter

م (transliteration needed)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

• From Arabic م (m). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish ميم (mim) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic مِيم (mīm)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (m)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called ميم (mīm) and written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (m)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل and followed by ن.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	م
Cyrillic	М, м
Latin	M, m

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (m) (Cyrillic equivalent М or м)

1. The twentieth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (äripter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م (mīm)

1. The forty-first letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڵ and followed by ن.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [mem]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [m]

Letter

م / مـ‍ / ـ‍مـ‍ / ‍ـم

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

م • (m) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic م (mīm).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈmiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, called ميم (mim) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل and followed by ن.

See also

• Arabic script letters (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, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی, ء ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mim)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل and followed by ن.

Persian

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /miːm/ (all dialects)
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [m]

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Letter

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Persian alphabet, called میم (mim) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل and followed by ن.

Punjabi

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian م (mīm), from Arabic م (mīm).

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਮ (mammā)
• (letter name): مِیم (mīm)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miː.m/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mīm)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by [[:ࣇ]#Punjabi|ࣇ]]] (aḷām) and followed by ن (nūn).

See also

• Shahmukhi script letters: اکّھر (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, ࣇ, م, ن, ݨ, ں, ہ, و, ی, ے ^[edit]

• Shahmukhi script vowels (script appendix): آ, ا, ع, و, ء, ی, ے ^[edit]

• Shahmukhi script diacritics (script appendix): ◌َ, ◌ِ, ◌ُ, ◌ّ, ◌ْ, ◌٘, ◌ٰ, ◌ً ^[edit]

Etymology 2

Akin to Saraiki م (m). Compare ہَم (ham), ہَمُوں (hamūṉ) and Saraiki ہامی (hāmī). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə̆/

Pronoun

م • (m) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮ)

1. (Western) first-person singular present pronominal suffix

   جھنگ آیو م۔

   jhaṉg āyo m.

   I have come to Jhang.

   میں روٹی کھادھی م۔

   maiṉ roṭī khadhī m.

   I have eaten my food.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mīm) (Devanagari equivalent म, Khudabadi equivalent 𑋗)

1. The forty-sixth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (̃).

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

Southern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• مە (me)

Etymology

Compare Persian من (man).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish	ez
Central Kurdish	من (min)

م (mi)

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

See also

Southern Kurdish personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	م (mi)	ئیمە (îme)
2nd person	ت (ti)	ئیوە (îwe)
3rd person	ئەۊ (eẅ)	ئوان (wan)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miːm/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (mīm)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل and followed by ن.

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /me/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م • (me)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n).

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

م (transliteration needed) (Latin equivalent M or m)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ل and followed by ن.