Unfamiliar Sounds


  • D - Duk or noD

  • Dh

  • gh - ghudwa or al-ghaaba

  • H - Hal or aHbes

  • Kh - Khood or teKhdam

  • q - qul-lee or wuqtaash

  • R - Raahee or eshRab

  • S - Saf or boSala

  • T - Tabsee or laaTaaks

  • ' - 'abee or taa'ek

  • 'dash -



    Arabic Alphabet




    In some dialects, ث is pronounced [t], ذ is pronounced [d] and ظ is pronounced [zˤ/dˤ]

    Source: compiled by Wolfram Siegel and Michael Peter Füstumum