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Final Form | Medial Form | Initial Form | Isolated Form | Letter Name |
ـا | ـا | ا | ا | |
ـب | ـبـ | بـ | ب | |
ـت | ـتـ | تـ | ت | |
ـث | ـثـ | ثـ | ث | |
ـج | ـجـ | جـ | ج | |
ـح | ـحـ | ح | ح | |
ـخ | ـخـ | خـ | خ | |
ـد | ـد | د | د | |
ذ | ذ | ذ | ذ | |
ـر | ـر | ر | ر | |
ـز | ـز | ز | ز | |
ـس | ـسـ | سـ | س | |
ش | ـشـ | شـ | ش | |
ـص | ـصـ | صـ | ص | |
ض | ـضـ | ضـ | ض | |
ـط | ـطـ | طـ | ط | |
ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ | ظ | |
ـع | ـعـ | عـ | ع | |
ـغ | ـغـ | غـ | غ | |
ـف | ـفـ | فـ | ف | |
ـق | ـقـ | قـ | ق | |
ـك | ـكـ | كـ | ك | |
ـل | ـلـ | لـ | ل | |
ـم | ـمـ | مـ | م | |
ـن | ـنـ | نـ | ن | |
ـه | ـهـ | هـ | هٓـ | |
ـو | ـو | و | و | |
ـي | ـيـ | يـ | ي |
Although not counted as an alphabet, the hamzah plays an important role in Arabic grammar and script. These are the different forms it takes:
هَمزَة (hamzah) | ||||
ـأ | ـأ | أ | أ | هَمزَة (ʾalif hamzah) |
ـإ | ـإ | إ | إ | هَمزَة (ʾalif hamzah) |
ـؤ | ـؤ | – | ؤ | وَاو هَمْزة (wāw hamzah) |
ـئ | ـئـ | – | ئ | يَاء هَمْزة (yāʾ hamzah) |
ـآ | ـآ | آ | آ | أَلِف مَدَّة (ʾalif maddah) |
Harakat / Tashkeel (Diacritical Marks)
Indicates the short /a/ sound as in ‘up’. When placed before an alif <ا> it indicates the long /a:/ as in ‘farmer’ or ‘father’. | ـَ | فَتحَة (fatḥah) |
Indicates the short /i/ as in ‘Till’. When placed before a yā <ي> it indicates the long /i:/ as in ‘steel’. | ـِ | كَسرَة (kasrah) |
Indicates the short /u/ as in ‘put’. When placed before the wāw <و> it indicates the long /u:/ as in ‘mood’. | ـُ | ضَمَّة (ḍammah) |
Used on top of consonants that are not followed by a vowel. | ـْـ | سُكُون (sukūn) |
Indicates nunation: the -un, -in, and -an sounds. | ـٌ ـٍ ـً | تَنوين (tanwīn) |
Indicates germination of doubling of consonants (tashdīd) | ـّـ | شَدَّة (shaddah) |
Indicates the long /a:/ as in ‘qur’ān. | ـٓ | مَدّة (maddah) |