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Name Contextual forms

Name
# (in DIN 31635 IPA Unicode
(transliterated)
Persian) Final Medial Initial Isolated

U+0621 N/A N/A N/A

‫ء‬

U+0623
‫ـﺄ‬ ‫أ‬
0 ‫ﻫﻤﺰه‬ hamze[5] ʾ Glottal stop[ʔ]

U+0626
‫ـﺊ‬ ‫ـﺌـ‬ ‫ﺋـ‬ ‫ئ‬

U+0624
‫ـﺆ‬ ‫ؤ‬

1 ‫اﻟﻒ‬ ʾalef â [ɒ] U+0627

‫ـﺎ‬ ‫ا‬

2 ‫ﺑﻪ‬ be b [b] U+0628

‫ـﺐ‬ ‫ـﺒـ‬ ‫ﺑـ‬ ‫ب‬

3 ‫ﭘﻪ‬ pe p [p] U+067E

‫ـﭗ‬ ‫ـﭙـ‬ ‫ﭘـ‬ ‫پ‬

4 ‫ﺗﻪ‬ te t [t] U+062A

‫ـﺖ‬ ‫ـﺘـ‬ ‫ﺗـ‬ ‫ت‬

5 ‫ﺛﻪ‬ s̱e s̱ [s] U+062B

‫ـﺚ‬ ‫ـﺜـ‬ ‫ﺛـ‬ ‫ث‬

6 ‫ﺟﯿﻢ‬ jim j [d͡ʒ] U+062C

‫ـﺞ‬ ‫ـﺠـ‬ ‫ﺟـ‬ ‫ج‬

7 ‫ﭼﻪ‬ če č [t͡ʃ] U+0686

‫ـﭻ‬ ‫ـﭽـ‬ ‫ﭼـ‬ ‫چ‬

8 ‫ﺣﻪ‬ ḥe (ḥâ-ye ḥotti, ḥâ-ye jimi) ḥ [h] U+062D

‫ـﺢ‬ ‫ـﺤـ‬ ‫ﺣـ‬ ‫ح‬

9 ‫ﺧﻪ‬ xe x [x] U+062E

‫ـﺦ‬ ‫ـﺨـ‬ ‫ﺧـ‬ ‫خ‬

10 ‫دال‬ dâl d [d] U+062F

‫ـﺪ‬ ‫د‬

11 ‫ذال‬ ẕâl ẕ [z] U+0630

‫ـﺬ‬ ‫ذ‬

12 ‫ره‬ re r [r] U+0631

‫ـﺮ‬ ‫ر‬

13 ‫زه‬ ze z [z] U+0632

‫ـﺰ‬ ‫ز‬

14 ‫ژه‬ že ž [ʒ] U+0698

‫ـﮋ‬ ‫ژ‬

15 ‫ﺳﯿﻦ‬ sin s [s] U+0633

‫ـﺲ‬ ‫ـﺴـ‬ ‫ﺳـ‬ ‫س‬

16 ‫ﺷﯿﻦ‬ šin š [ʃ] U+0634

‫ـﺶ‬ ‫ـﺸـ‬ ‫ﺷـ‬ ‫ش‬
17 ‫ﺻﺎد‬ ṣâd ṣ [s] U+0635

‫ﺻـ ـﺼـ ـﺺ‬ ‫ص‬

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18 ‫ﺿﺎد‬ zâd ż [z] U+0636

‫ﺿـ ـﻀـ ـﺾ‬ ‫ض‬

19 ‫ﻃﺎ‬ tâ t [t] U+0637

‫ـﻂ‬ ‫ـﻄـ‬ ‫ﻃـ‬ ‫ط‬

20 ‫ﻇﺎ‬ ẓâ ẓ [z] U+0638

‫ـﻆ‬ ‫ـﻈـ‬ ‫ﻇـ‬ ‫ظ‬

21 ‫ﻋﯿﻦ‬ ʿayn ʿ [ʔ], [æ] U+0639

‫ـﻊ‬ ‫ـﻌـ‬ ‫ﻋـ‬ ‫ع‬

22 ‫ﻏﯿﻦ‬ ġayn ġ [ɢ], [ɣ] U+063A

‫ـﻎ‬ ‫ـﻐـ‬ ‫ﻏـ‬ ‫غ‬

23 ‫ﻓﻪ‬ fe f [f] U+0641

‫ـﻒ‬ ‫ـﻔـ‬ ‫ﻓـ‬ ‫ف‬

24 ‫ﻗﺎف‬ qâf q [q] U+0642

‫ـﻖ‬ ‫ـﻘـ‬ ‫ﻗـ‬ ‫ق‬

25 ‫ﮐﺎف‬ kâf k [k] U+06A9

‫ـﮏ‬ ‫ـﮑـ‬ ‫ﮐـ‬ ‫ک‬

26 ‫ﮔﺎف‬ gâf g [ɡ] U+06AF

‫ـﮓ‬ ‫ـﮕـ‬ ‫ﮔـ‬ ‫گ‬

27 ‫م‬ lâm l [l] U+0644

‫ـﻞ‬ ‫ـﻠـ‬ ‫ﻟـ‬ ‫ل‬

28 ‫ﻣﯿﻢ‬ mim m [m] U+0645

‫ـﻢ‬ ‫ـﻤـ‬ ‫ﻣـ‬ ‫م‬

29 ‫ﻧﻮن‬ nun n [n] U+0646

‫ـﻦ‬ ‫ـﻨـ‬ ‫ﻧـ‬ ‫ن‬

‫ـﻮ‬ ‫و‬
v / ū / ow / [v], [uː], [o] (only word-
30 ‫واو‬ vâv U+0648
(w / aw / ō in Dari) finally), [ow] ([w], [aw], [oː] in Dari)

‫ـﻪ‬ ‫ـﻬـ‬ ‫ﻫـ‬ ‫ه‬

he (hā-ye havvaz, hā-ye
31 ‫ﻫﻪ‬ h [h], [e] (word-finally) U+0647
do-češm)

32 ‫ﯾﻪ‬ ye y / ī / á / (ay / ē in Dari) [j], [i], [ɒː] ([aj] / [eː] in Dari) U+06CC
‫ـﯽ‬ ‫ـﯿـ‬ ‫ﯾـ‬ ‫ی‬

Historically, there was also a special letter for the sound /β/. This letter is no longer used, as the /β/-sound changed to /b/, e.g.
archaic ‫ زﭬﺎن‬/zaβān/ > ‫ زﺑﺎن‬/zæbɒn/ 'language'[6]

Sound Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form Name

/β/ ‫ڤ‬ ‫ـﭫ‬ ‫ـﭭـ‬ ‫ﭬـ‬ βe

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