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The Farsi Alphabet (Persian)

Salim 2005 © Linguanaut.com 

 

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Farsi Alphabet, Letters, Farsi Vowels, Consonants, Iranian Pronunciation, How to write in Farsi.

 

                                                                                                 

Persian (Farsi) Alphabet has 32 letters, most of them exist already in Arabic, with some extra letters that Arabic doesn’t have. As you may have noticed in the table below, some of the letters in Persian don’t exist in English and vice versa. Also a letter in Persian same as in Arabic can take up to three different forms, usually just with slight difference than the original one, I included in the table below the three different forms depending on it’s position in a word, for example the letter H= ه‍ has three forms, beginning of a word = ه‍, middle of a word= ‍ه‍, at the end of a word = ‍ه  . For more information about Persian you can also check The Arabic Alphabet, since they both have the same structure.

 

 

Pronunciation

Name

letter

Shape/ form

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 Persian

pe

پ

پ‍ ‍پ‍ ‍پ

T as in Turkish

te

ت

ت‍ ‍ت‍ ‍ت

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 Scottish loch, Spanish Jota

khe

خ

خ‍ ‍خ‍ ‍خ

D as in Danish

dāl

د

‍د

Th as in They

zāl

ذ

‍ذ

R as in Russian

re

ر

‍ر

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 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

 

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Farsi Alphabet, Persian Letters, Farsi Vowels, Farsi Consonants, Farsi Pronunciation, How to write in Farsi.