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Monday, January 9, 2012

urdu alphabet



English
Urdu Pronunciation
Urdu Script
Various Forms




A as in apple
hamzeh
ء
On the top of some vowels
A as in apple
alef
ا
‍ا
Long “a”
alef-e maddī
آ
‍آ
B as in Brazilian
be
ب
ب‍ ‍ب‍ ‍ب
P as in Pakistani
pe
پ
پ‍ ‍پ‍ ‍پ
T as in Turkish
te
ت
ت‍ ‍ت‍ ‍ت
T as in Tadjikistan
te
ٹ
ٹ‍ ـٹ‍ ٹ
Th as in think
the
ث
ث‍ ‍ث‍ ‍ث
J as in Japanese
jīm
ج
ج‍ ‍ج‍ ‍ج
Che as in Chinese
che
چ
چ‍ ‍چ‍ ‍چ
Sharp h as in Hassan
he
ح
ح‍ ‍ح‍ ‍ح
Kh as in the Spanish Jota
khe
خ
خ‍ ‍خ‍ ‍خ
D as in Danish
dāl
د
د
D as in Dubai
āl
ڈ
د
Th as in They
Th
ذ
ذ ـذ ذ
R as in Russian
re
ر
ر
R as in Merci
a
ڑ
ڑ ـڑ ڑ
Z as in Zulu
ze
ز
ز
Je as in pleasure
je or zhe
ژ
ژ
S as in Spanish
sīn
س
س‍ ‍س‍ ‍س
Sh as in Shadow
shīn
ش
ش‍ ‍ش‍ ‍ش
S as in supper
sād
ص
ص‍ ‍ص‍ ‍ص
D as in Danish
dād
ض
ض‍ ‍ض‍ ‍ض
T as in Tagalog
ط
ط‍ ‍ط‍ ‍ط
Th as in That
thā
ظ
ظ‍ ‍ظ‍ ‍ظ
The closest is as a soundless “a” or ‘
‘ayn
ع
ع‍ ‍ع‍ ‍ع
gh as the french “r” in merci
ghayn
غ
غ‍ ‍غ‍ ‍غ
F as in Farsi
fe
ف
ف‍ ‍ف‍ ‍ف
Sharp Qu (Qum)
qāf
ق
ق‍ ‍ق‍ ‍ق
K as in Kurdish
kāf
ك
ك‍ ‍ك‍ ‍ك
Same thing just a different way.
kāf
ک
ک‍ ‍ک‍ ‍ک
G as in Golf
gāf
گ
گ‍ ‍گ‍ ‍گ
L as in Language
lām
ل
ل‍ ‍ل‍ ‍ل
M as in Mandarin
mīm
م
م‍ ‍م‍ ‍م
N as in Norwegian
nūn
ن
ن‍ ‍ن‍ ‍ن
W as in Wolof
vāv
و
و
H as Hawaii
he
ہ ﮩ ﮨ
H as in Hebrew
hā-ye havvaz
ه
ه‍ ‍ه‍ ‍ه
Y as in Yiddish
yā-ye mo‘jam
ي
ي‍ ‍ي‍ ‍ي
Y as in Yiddish, sometimes as “a”
yā-ye fārsī
ی
ی‍ ‍ی‍ ‍ی
Y as in eBay
ai
ے
ے‍ ـے‍ ے
Urdu Alphabet

ا                                  

aas in apple

ب

bas in book

پ

pas in pool

ت

tas in time

ٹ

as in Togo

ث

th'th' as in think

ج

jas in joy

چ

chas in charm

ح

has in hot

خ

khas in Buch

د

das in dove

ڈ

as in drink

ذ

dh'th' as in that

ر

ras in rice

ڑ

as in rabbit

ز

zas in zoo

ژ

zhas in pleasure

س

sas in small

ش

shas in shrine

ص

as in salt

ض

z̤as in those

ط

tas in tower

ظ

'th' as in this

ع

.......

غ

Gh  

ف

fas in food

ق

qas in queue

ک

kas in kilo

گ

gas in guest

ل

las in life

م

mas in moon

ن

nas in nice

و

v, o, or ūas in wet, cool

ہ, ﮩ, ﮨ

has in house

ھ

has in house

ء

'as in apple

ی

y, ias in year

ے

ai or eas in way

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