Editing Tsade (section)

==Arabic ṣād==
{{See also-text|the derived letter {{noitalic|{{lang|ar|[[Ḍād|ض]]}}}} ({{Transliteration|ar|DIN|ḍād}}).}}

{{Infobox grapheme
| name = Ṣād صاد
| letter = ص
| script = [[Arabic script]]
| type = [[Abjad]]
| language = [[Arabic language]]
| phonemes = {{IPA link|sˤ}}
| alphanumber = 14
| direction = Right-to-left
| fam2 = 𐡑
| fam3 = 𐢙
| fam1 = [[𐤑]]
| equivalents = ṣ
}}The letter is named ''{{Transliteration|ar|DIN|ṣād}}'' and in [[Modern Standard Arabic]] is [[Arabic phonology|pronounced]] {{IPA|/sˤ/}}.

It is written in several ways depending in its position in the word:
{{Arabic alphabet shapes|ص}}

[[Chapter 38 of the Quran]] is named for this letter, which begins the chapter.

The phoneme is not native to  [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]], or [[Urdu]], and its pronunciation in Arabic loanwords in those languages is not distinguishable from {{lang|ar|[[س]]}} {{IPA|/s/}} or {{lang|ar|[[ث]]}} {{IPA|/θ/}}, all of which are pronounced {{IPAblink|s}}.