Arabic Letters By Example

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Transliteration of the Arabic letters which will help you learn Arabic.  


The alphabets are not in order:
Arabic Letter | Pronunciation | 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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The Harakat (diacritics) الحركات

'a' after the letter
الفتحة Fatha
'a' after the letter
Extended Alif = المد بالألف

'u' after the letter
Dammah = الضمة
'u' after the letter
Extended Wow = المد بالواو

'i' after the letter
Kassrah = الكسرة
'i' after the letter
Extended Ya' = المد بالياء

The letter is doubled
Shaddah = الحرف المشدد -

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How to pronounce the letter? Baa, Or Boo, or Bii, or Bun, or Ban, or Bin?

Fateha = you open your mouth as "Baaa"

Kasrah = you go down as in "Biiii"

Dammah = you close your mouth as in "booo"

Sukoon = silent letter as in "B" and holding breath

Shaddah = stressing on the letter as if it's 2 letters like "BBaa" (in english like arrive)

The Tanween
Fathatayn = 2 Fahah souns like the "ann" sound ex: "Bann"
Kasratayn = 2 Kasrah sound like "in" ex: bin
Damatayn = 2 Dammah ex: "boun"