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Arabic Alphabets

Have you ever tried to speak Arabic? Some of the Arabic letters have caused you worries
to learn the language especially the new reverts. In this file we are trying to help you to
learn Arabic language to be able to recite Qur'an without difficulties insha'a Allah.
Letter / Sound Arabic Example Definition
Form Form
Alif Aa ‫أ‬ Abee (my father ‫)أبي‬, A as in "Application, father"
Ommee (my mother ‫)أمي‬,
Long sound as in the English word
‫أ‬ Akhy (brother ‫)أخى‬, Ebraa
"mad, bad"
(needle ‫)إبرة‬.

Baa' Beh ‫ب‬ Bism Allah (in the name of Generally, the letter "Baa" is
Allah ‫)باسم هللا‬, Bakara (caw pronounced as the letter "B" in
‫ب‬ ‫)بقرة‬, Belady (my country English as in "both, bed"
‫)بالدي‬, Bayt (house ‫)بيت‬,
Burtukala (one orange
‫)برتقالة‬

Taa' Ta' ‫ت‬ Tufah (apple ‫)تفاح‬, teen Same rule will be applied on the
(figs ‫)تين‬, Tag (crown ‫)تاج‬, letter "T" as we can pronounce it as
‫ت‬ Tamatem (tomato ‫)طماطم‬ the letter "t" in English as in:
"take, attack, letter"

Thaa' th ‫ث‬ Thoam (garlic ‫)ثوم‬, Thyab The letter "THAA" is representing
(clothes ‫)ثياب‬, Athath "TH" in English as in: "think,
‫ث‬ (furniture ‫)أثاث‬ thousand, throw"

Geem Geh/dj ‫ج‬ Gamal (Camel ‫)جمل‬, Gameel There is a difference in in English
(beautiful ‫)جميل‬, Regl (leg between "G" and "J" but that
‫ج‬ ‫)رجل‬, Gundee (Soldier ‫ )جندى‬difference is not existing in Arabic
when it comes to the letter "Geem"
as it describes the two letters
together:
"guess, google, jacket, jeans"
Haa' Haa/H ‫ح‬ Husan (horse ‫)حصان‬, There is confusion u might find
Hadeka (park ‫)حديقة‬, Hemar between this letter "Haa" and the
‫ح‬ (donkey ‫)حمار‬ letter "‫ "ه‬No 26 in the Alphabets.
You should keep your mouth opened
when you try to pronounce the letter
"Haa" like the sound you make
when you try to clear your throat as
in: "house, Ihsan (kindness &
charity).

Khaa' kh ‫خ‬ Khobz (bread ‫)خبز‬, Khashab That is one of the hardest letters in
(wood ‫)خشب‬, khalty (my Arabic Alphabets, it looks like the
‫خ‬ aunt ‫)خالتى‬ sound of forcing the phlegm out
when you pronounce it as in:
Khafiir "name of a person".

Daal d ‫د‬ Deen (religion ‫)دين‬, dagag Same pronunciation as the letter
(chicken ‫)دجاج‬, dars (lesson "D" in English as in: "door, dark,
‫د‬ ‫)درس‬, dukan (shop ‫)دكان‬. deep".

Zaal Zal/ Z ‫ذ‬ Ze'b (wolf ‫)ذئب‬, zaab It's "Z" in English as in: "zero, zoo,
(melted ‫)ذاب‬, zanb (sin zoology".
‫ذ‬ ‫)ذنب‬, tzawaka (tasted ‫)تذوق‬
Yazhab (going ‫)ذاهب‬, zayel
(tail ‫)ذيل‬.

Raa' Reh/ra' ‫ر‬ Rab (God/Allah ‫)رب‬, In Arabic you should stress on the
Rahmaan (merciful ‫)رحمن‬, letter "R" just like in Italian
‫ر‬ language as in:
"reality, room, radio"

Zayn Zeyn ‫ز‬ Zarafa (giraffe ‫)زرافة‬, "Zayn" and "Zaal" are very similar
zuhour (flowers ‫)زهور‬, in Arabic pronunciations and the
‫ز‬ Zugag (glass ‫)زجاج‬, different is in writing as in "Suzan
Zaytoun (olive ‫)زيتون‬ the name, Suzuki".

Seen sss ‫س‬ Sarah (the name ‫)سارة‬, The pronunciation of "Seen" and
setara (curtain ‫)ستارة‬, "S" in English is the same as in:
‫س‬ sujoud (in the prayer "soda, sad, single".
‫)سجود‬, samak (fish ‫)سمك‬,
souq (market ‫)سوق‬.

Sheen sh ‫ش‬ Shurouk (sunshine ‫)شروق‬, The letter "Sheen" is representing


shams (sun als), shemal the letters "S" and "H" together as
‫ش‬ (left ‫)شمال‬, shubbak in "shark, share, she".
(window ‫)شباك‬.
Ssaad saad ‫ص‬ Sabr (patience ‫)صبر‬, samt Like the sound of saying "S"
(silence ‫)صمت‬, Salat (the normally then pulling the middle of
‫ص‬ prayer ‫)صالة‬, Seyam your tongue to the base of your
(fasting ‫)صيام‬, sahib (friend mouth, leaving the tip close to your
‫)صديق‬. teeth, following it with a, ending
with "D" as in: sauce, sausage,
silence".

Daad Da' ‫ض‬ Ded (against ‫)ضد‬, dakhm Like the sound of "‫ "ص‬with a and
(huge ‫)ضخم‬, dabet (officer D but only pulling the middle of
‫ض‬ ‫)ضابط‬, dyouf (guests ‫)ضيوف‬. your tongue down as in: "double,
done, dust".

Taa' tah ‫ط‬ Ta'er (bird ‫)طائر‬, taerah It looks like the way of pressing on
(plain ‫)طائرة‬, tayaar (pilot the letter "R" in Arabic, the same
‫ط‬ ‫)طيار‬, tuyour (birds ‫)طيور‬ with the letter "Taa" you should
pressure it as in: "tummy, tumble,
tongue."

Zaa' zah ‫ظ‬ Zufr (nail ‫)ظفر‬, zareef Like the sound of pulling the mid-
(funny ‫)ظريف‬, zalaam section of your tongue down and
‫ظ‬ (darkness ‫)ظالم‬, ending it with "aa' as in: "Zoro".

Ayn 3ayn ‫ع‬ 3een (eye ‫)عين‬, 3elaag Like the sound you make when you
(medicine ‫)عالج‬, 3arab gag, follow it with an "eain" as in:
‫ع‬ (Arab ‫)عرب‬, 3omr (age Eid (3eed) Al-Fitr" so the word 3eed
‫)عمر‬. or Eid is expressing the letter.

Ghayn 3'ayn ‫غ‬ 3'areeb (strange ‫)غريب‬, Like the sound gargling on air and
3'esh (fraud ‫)غش‬, 3'aeb ending it with "ain" as in: ….
‫غ‬ (absent ‫)غائب‬.

Faa F/Feh ‫ف‬ Fe (in ‫)في‬, Farah (wedding Same pronunciation as the letter
‫)فرح‬, Faz (won ‫)فاز‬, Eftaar "F" in English as in "feel, for".
‫ف‬ (breakfast ‫)افطار‬, fam
(mouth ‫)فم‬, feel (elephant
‫)فيل‬, Farkha (one chicken
‫)فرخة‬.

Qaf Q ‫ق‬ Alqahera (Cairo ‫)القاهرة‬, Like the sound made in cartoons
quroun (ages ‫)قرون‬, when a character gulps down a
‫ق‬ qanoun (law ‫)قانون‬, qerd drink as in: "Car, quote, quite".
(monkey ‫)قرد‬.

Kaaf Kaaf/K ‫ك‬ Kareem (generous ‫)كريم‬, It is similar to "K" but soft as in:
khaafer (unbeliever ‫)كافر‬, "queen, king, kilo".
‫ك‬ ketaab (book ‫)كتاب‬, koub
(cup ‫)كوب‬, Kalb (dog ‫)كلب‬.
Laam L ‫ل‬ Lam (blame ‫)الم‬, leban Same pronunciations like the letter
(gum ‫)لبان‬, lessaan (tongue "L" in English but there are 2 ways
‫ل‬ ‫)لسان‬, less (thief ‫)لص‬, of pronouncing it;
laymoun (lemon ‫)ليمون‬
The soft way as in "look, lay, leave.
The hard was as in "Lamb, liar,
lunch"

Meem M ‫م‬ Mahattah (station ‫)محطة‬, Same think as in "L" the letter "M"
markaz (center ‫)مركز‬, or "‫ "م‬takes the same rules; soft as
‫م‬ malaak (angel ‫)مالك‬, mann in "meet, moon, miracle" and hard
(who ‫)من؟‬. as in "march, mic, mark"

Noun N ‫ن‬ Naar (fire ‫)نار‬, nahla (Bee The letter "N" or "‫ "ن‬representing
‫)نحلة‬, Nakhla (palm ‫)نخلة‬, the same features as in English.
‫ن‬ Nahr (river ‫)نهر‬,
Example: "nice, nest, note".

Haa' Heh ‫ه‬ Hadyaa (gift ‫)هدية‬, haram We mentioned that the letter "Haa"
(illegal ‫)حرام‬, Ahramat or "‫ "ه‬is contributing the same
‫ه‬ (pyramids ‫)أهرامات‬ features, it’s soft-sounding; just a
period of voice lessness inside of a
vowel sound.

Waaw W ‫و‬ Walad (boy ‫)ولد‬, ward The "‫ "و‬sound is representing two
(flowers ‫)ورد‬, wdeh letters in English language which is
‫و‬ (obvious ‫)واضح‬, wazeer "O" and "W".
(minister ‫)وزير‬.

Yaa Y ‫ي‬ Yahseb (count ‫)يحسب‬, Pronunciation of the letter "Yaa" or


yuheb (in love ‫)يحب‬, "‫ "ي‬is the same in both languages.
yusafer (travelling ‫)يسافر‬,
yamnah (grant ‫)يمنح‬.

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