ARABIC ALPHABET OVERVIEW

Arabic Letter Letter Name Sound / English Equivalent

Aleph (Alif) A (yard)

Ba B (ball)

Ta
Soft T (note that there is no letter in Arabic that
resembles the conventional sound of the English letter
T; this is the closest letter to it)

Tha Th (through)

Jeem
J (note that there is no letter in Arabic that resembles
the conventional sound of the English letter G like
"Gary"; Jeem is usually substituted for G )

Ha (heavy) Heavy H

Kha Heavy K (Khan)

Daal
Soft D (that, then, there) (note that there is no
letter in Arabic that resembles the conventional sound
of the English letter D; this is the closest letter to it)

Zaal Soft Z

Ra R (rain)

Za Z (zebra)

Seen S (sand)

Sheen Sh (sheet)

Suad Heavy S
 Duad Heavy D

Tau Heavy T

Zau Heavy Z

Ain Heavy A

Ghain
Heavy G (note that this is a very situation specific
letter and is not a replacement of the conventional G.
Use Jeem as a viable replacement)

Fa F (fox)

Qaaf Q

Kaaf K (kitchen)

Laam L (lemon)

Meem M (monkey)

Nn (Noon) N (night)

Ha H (hello)

Wao W (work)

Ya Y (yellow)

Hamza No English equivalent