Alphabets Flashcards
ا
Aa - car, cat
ب
bāʾ/bah - barn
ت
tāʾ/tah - table or stick
ث
thāʾ/thah - think
ج
jīm - gem
ح
ḥāʾ/ḥah - hat
no equivalent (pharyngeal h, may be approx whispered hat
خ
khāʾ/khah - loch
د
dāl/dāʾ/dah - dear
ذ
dhāl/dhāʾ/dhah - that
ر
rāʾ/rah - curd,
ز
zāy/zayn/zāʾ/zah - zebra
س
sīn - Sin
ش
shīn - shin
ص
ṣād - sauce
no equivalent
(can be approx with sauce, but with the throat constricted)
ض
ḍād/ḍāʾ/ḍah - dawn
no equivalent
(can be approximated with dawn, but with the throat constricted)
ط
ṭāʾ/ṭah - table
no equivalent
(can be approximated with table, but with the throat constricted)
ظ
ẓāʾ/ẓah - either
no equivalent
(can be approximated with either, but with the throat constricted)
ع
ʿayn - ḥāʾ
no equivalent
(similar to ḥāʾ above, but voiced)
غ
ghayn - no equivalent
(Spanish abogado)
ف
fāʾ/fah - far
ق
qāf - cut
ك
kāf/kāʾ/kah - cap
ل
lām - lamp
م
mīm - me
ن
nūn - nun
ه
hāʾ/hah - hat
و
wāw - wet, pool
ي
ے
yāʾ/yah - Yoshi, meet
ء
(used in medial and final positions as an unlinked letter)
hamzah - uh–oh
ڪ
kāf/kāʾ/kah - cap