Collins Arabic Phrasebook and Dictionary Gem Edition - Collins Dictionaries

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      The Arabic alphabet is written and read from right to left and horizontally. There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet:

Name of letter Arabic Letter Name of letter Arabic Letter
Taa (t) ط alif (ă) أ
Thaa (th) ظ Baa (b) ب
’ein (’) ع Taa (t) ت
Qain (q) غ Thaa (th) ث
Faa (f) ك Jeem (j) ج
Qaaf (q) ق Haa (h) ح
Kaaf (k) ك Khaa (kh) خ
Laam (l) ل Daal (da) د
Miim (m) م Thaal (th) ذ
Nuun (n) ن Raa (r) ر
Haa (h) هـ Zaa (z) ز
Waaw (w) و Seen (s) س
Yaa (y) ي Sheen (sh) ش
Saad (s) ص
dhaad (dh) ض

      The table below shows the letters that are similar to those in English, and that you should therefore have no problem learning or pronouncing.

Name of letter Arabic letter Sounds like
Alif (ă) ا apple
Baa (b) ب ball
Taa (t) ت ticket
Thaa (th) ث thick
Jeem (j) ج jam
Daal (da) د done
Thaal (th) ذ though
Raa (r) ر rat
Zaa (z) ز zoo
Seen (s) س sad
Sheen (sh) ش shop
Saad (s) ص sorry
Taa (t) ط tip
Thaa (th) ظ thaw
Faa (f) ف far
Kaaf (k) ك cat
Laam (l) ل lot
Miim (m) م mother
Nuun (n) ن nun
Haa (h) هـ hand
Waaw (w) و wood
Yaa (y) ي yes

      Unfamiliar sounds

      The Arabic letters below are the ones that are either hard to pronounce or are pronounced a little bit differently.

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