Master the Arabic Alphabet: A Beginner’s Guide to the Letters and Sounds
With Kasrah
Arabic Letter | With Kasrah | Pronunciation (English) |
---|---|---|
أ | إِ | i (as in "ink") |
ب | بِ | bi |
ت | تِ | ti |
ث | ثِ | thi (like "th" in "thin") |
ج | جِ | ji (like "g" in "genius") |
ح | حِ | ḥi (breathy "h" + i) |
خ | خِ | khi (like "kh" + i) |
د | دِ | di |
ذ | ذِ | dhi (like "th" in "this") |
ر | رِ | ri (rolled "r") |
ز | زِ | zi |
س | سِ | si |
ش | شِ | shi |
ص | صِ | ṣi (emphatic "s" + i) |
ض | ضِ | ḍi (emphatic "d" + i) |
ط | طِ | ṭi (emphatic "t" + i) |
ظ | ظِ | ẓi (emphatic "z" + i) |
ع | عِ | ‘i (deep throat + i) |
غ | غِ | ghi (like French "r" + i) |
ف | فِ | fi |
ق | قِ | qi (deep "k" + i) |
ك | كِ | ki |
ل | لِ | li |
م | مِ | mi |
ن | نِ | ni |
هـ | هِ | hi |
و | وِ | wi (rare) |
ي | يِ | yi (rare) |
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