Arabic Name of the Sounds Like ••• Example

Character Letter

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'alif ('a) Sounds like the "a" in 'ab
"apple" Father
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Character Letter

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baa' Sounds like the "b" Baab

in "boy" Door

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Character Letter

♦- taa' Sounds like the tilmiidh

''I:"
in ''table" Student
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Character Letter

thaa' Sounds like the thalaatha

:. ''th" Three
in ''think"
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Character Letter

jiim Sounds like the "j" jamiil

in "measure" Pretty
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Character Letter
No equ ivalent in English; Imag ine
Haa' the sound you make when you Harr
want toblow on your reading
glasses to clean them; that soft,
Hot
raspy noise That comes out is the
letter H aa'.
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Arabic Name of the Sou nds Like •• Example

Character Letter

khaa' Sou nds a lot like khuukh

"Bach" in German Peach
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Character Letter

daal Sounds like the "d" daar

in "dog" House
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Character Letter

dhaal Sounds like the ''th" dhahab

in ''those" Gold
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Character Letter

raa' Sounds like the "r" rajul

in "really" Man
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Character Letter

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zaay Sounds like the "z" zawja

in "zebra" Wife
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Character Letter

siin Sounds like the "s" samak

in "Snake" Fishes
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Character Letter

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shiin Sounds like the "sh" shams

in "Sheep" Sun
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Character Letter
A very deep ''s"
sound,
Saad you can make if you Sadiiq
open your mouth really Friend
wide and lower your
jaw
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Character Letter

• Daad
A very deep "d" sound, the
exact same sound as a Dabaab
Fog
Saad except that you use
a "d" instead of an "s"
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Character Letter
A very deep ''t" sound, start
Taa' off by saying a regular "t" Tabiib
and then lower your mouth Doctor
to make it rounder
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Character Letter

DHaa' Take the ''th" as in ''those" DHahr

and draw it to the back of Back
your throat
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Character the Letter
No equivalent in English; produced at
the very back of the throat. Breathe
'ayn heavily & Consistently through your 'amal
Esophagus & then Intermittently choke Work
off the airflow so that you create a
Staccato Noise
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Character Letter

ghayn Sounds like the French "r" ghariib

in "rendezvous"; it's Strange
created at the back of the
throat
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Character Letter
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♦ faa' Sounds like''f" in funduq

"Frank" Hotel
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Character the Letter
Similar to the letter "k," but
qaaf produced much farther at the qahwa
back of the throat; you should Coffee
feel airflow being Constricted at
the back of your throat
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Character Letter

kaaf Sounds like "k" in kutub

"Keeper" Books
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Character Letter

laam Sounds like "I" in lisaan

"learn" Tongue
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Character Letter

miim Sounds like "m" in Makhzan

"Mary" Storehouse
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Character Letter

• nuun Sounds like "n" in naDHiif

"No" Clean
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Character the Letter e
Created by exhaling heavily; very different
haa' from the Haa' earlier in the list. (Think of huwa
yourself as a marathon Runner who's just He
finished a long race & is breathing heavily
through the lungs to replenish your oxygen)
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Character Letter

waaw Sounds like''w" in waziir

''Winner" Minister
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Character Letter

yaa' Sounds like ''Y" in yamiin

''Yes" Right