Urdu Alphabet
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| 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 |
ḍāl |
ڈ | د |
| Th as in They |
Th |
ذ | ذ ـذ ذ |
| R as in Russian |
re |
ر | ر |
| R as in Merci |
aṛ |
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 |
Tā |
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 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 |
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