ZAY
ر ڑ زژ
Urdu Letter | Letter Name | Hindi Equivalent | Teacher |
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ZAY | ज़ | Teacher Icon |
Sounds
ZAY sounds like the English “z”. ZAY is one of the four letters that sound like “z”.
The other letters for the “z” sound are: ZĀL (ذ), ZWĀD (ض), and ZOE (ظ). You must learn when to use each one. They are not interchangeable.
Forms
Final | Medial | Initial | Detached | |
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Basic Forms | چیز | Use Final | Use Detached | ز |
In Context | چیز | Use Final | Use Detached | بازار |
Write in Context | fill-in | fill-in |
Connections
ZAY is a breaker: no letter can be connected after it. Thus ZAY has only two forms: a detached and a final form:
When ZAY appears at the beginning of a word, it will be in its detached form. | زندگی | zindagee |
When ZAY appears after another breaker, it will be in its detached form. | بازار | bāzār |
When ZAY appears after a non-breaker, it will be in its final form. | چیز | cheez |
Note that final ZĀL looks a lot like detached ZAY, but you won’t confuse the two because final ZĀL is always connected to the preceding letter and detached ZAY is never connected to the preceding letter.
Additional Examples of ز
Final | Medial | Initial | Detached |
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سبزی | روز | ||
تیز | زور | ||
میز | راز | ||
تمیز | زمین |