Transliteration of the Arabic Letters
|
Arabic Letter |
Pronunciation |
English |
English Example |
|
Arabic Letter |
Pronunciation |
English |
English Example |
|
الهمزة
(ء) |
Hamzah |
‘ |
Mu'min |
ط |
Ta' |
T |
Tie |
|
|
ب |
Ba' |
B |
Back |
ظ |
Dha' |
DH |
Though |
|
|
ت |
Ta' |
T |
Tie |
ع |
^ayn |
^ |
^Aliy |
|
|
ث |
Tha' |
Th |
Tennis |
غ |
Ghayn |
Gh |
Ghadi |
|
|
ج |
Jim |
J |
Gym |
ف |
Fa' |
F |
Fear |
|
|
ح |
Ha' |
H |
Muhammad |
ق |
Qaf |
Q |
Quantity |
|
|
خ |
Kha' |
Kh |
Khalid |
ك |
Kaf |
K |
King |
|
|
د |
Dal |
D |
Desk |
ل |
Lam |
L |
Lantern |
|
|
ذ |
Dhal |
Dh |
The |
م |
Mim |
M |
Man |
|
|
ر |
Ra' |
R |
Rock |
ن |
Nun |
N |
Nation |
|
|
ز |
Zay |
Z |
Zebra |
ه |
Ha' |
H |
Home |
|
|
س |
Seen |
S |
Street |
و |
Waw |
W |
White |
|
|
ش |
Sheen |
Sh |
Shy |
ى |
Ya' |
Y |
Yard |
|
|
ص |
Sad |
S |
Sun |
أ |
Alif |
A |
Arabic |
|
|
ض |
Dad |
D |
Dog |
ءا |
Aa |
A |
Arabic |
|
|
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‘a’ after the letter |
الفتحةFatha - |
‘a’ after the
letter |
Extended Alif
-
المد
بالألف |
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‘u’ after the letter |
Dammah -
الضمة |
‘u’ after the letter |
Extended Wow -
المد بالواو |
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‘i’ after
the letter |
Kassrah -
الكسرة |
‘i’
after the letter |
Extended Ya'
-
المد
بالياء |
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|
The letter is doubled |
Shaddahالحرف المشدد - |
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Arabic Excercises
.:[Know Letters] [Transliteration] [Exercise 1] [Exercise 2] [Exercise 3]:.
.:[Exercise 4] [Exercise 5] [Exercise 6] [Exercise 7]:.
After Learning the letters, practice Reading These Easy Arabic Stories:
[story 1][story 2][story3][story 4][story 5][story 6][story 7][story 8][story 9]
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