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