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◌ُ • (u)

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

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)

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

• It is elided after long vowels.

  ‎دُنْيَا (dunyā, “world”) + ‎ـُ (-u) → ‎دُنْيَا (dunyā, “world (of)”)

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

◌ُ • (u)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

• Vowel : اُ (u)

ـُ • (u / o)

1. a vowel diacritic in Persian, named ضمه (zamma / zamme) or پیش (pēš / piš).

• As all vowels in Persian, it must be paired to a consonant and can never appear alone. The letter ا (alif / alef) may act as a silent consonant if one is needed.
• Schools in Iran tend to use the name ضمه (zamma / zamme), whereas schools in Afghanistan tend to use the name پیش (pēš / piš).

• Arabic script letters: حروف (hurūf / horuf) (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, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی ^[edit]