Arabic Alphabet Beginning Middle and End List

Arabic Alphabet Beginning Middle and End List – In case you want to know how to speak Arabic, the Arabic alphabet is a very good place. And you happened to come here and know everything about it! It is intimidating to learn a completely new alphabet. But with this guide it will be as easy as alif, baa, taa -that is A, B, T, the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet!

What Are Diacritics?

In English, there are five vowel letters, a, e, i. o, u which are used to make us understand how this or that word should be pronounced or written, right?

Well, we do not have vowel letters in Arabic and instead we use the diacritics to take their place. Diacritics are the symbols which can be added either above the letter or beneath the letter to alter its sound. As an example, it is able to transform the letter. “ج” that says /g/ to say /ga/ or /go/ or /ge/.

They are also called “Alamat al-tashkeel”, they are 3 marks:

Fatḥah ( فتحة): We make use of it to create the short sound of a vowel which can be put above the letter. Ex.: in case we put Fathah before the letter s the letter gets to be s = s = which is pronounced /sa/.
Kasresh (كسرة): It is applied when one wants to take the short sound of vowel i, and we write it below the letter. To illustrate, the letter Seen, when combined with Kasrah we get Seen that would produce the sound /bi/.
Dammah (ضمة): It gives the letter the same sound as the short o, it is like a small woW over the letter. As an example, we can take the letter WoW, and by adding the mark of Dammah to it; we get Seen that produces the sound /so/.
Sukun (سكون): This is a sign that you will pause on the letter without the vowel sound and thus we do not say sa or so or si we simply pause at the letter and produce this sound /ssss/. It bears a mark above the letter in the form of a small circle.

Arabic alphabet chart: Arabic Alphabet Beginning Middle and End List

Letter name	Forms	Closest English sound
alif	Isolated: ا End: ـا Middle: ـا Initial: ا	aah
baa	Isolated: ب End: ب Middle: ـبـ Initial: بـ	b (The letter p doesn’t really exist in Arabic, so ‘p’ is also pronounced as ‘b’ by Arabic People.)
taa	Isolated: ت End: ـت Middle: ـتـ Initial: تـ	t
tha	Isolated: ث End: ـث Middle: ثـ Initial: ثـ	Soft ‘th’, as in thin
jiim	Isolated: ج End: ـج Middle: ـجـ Initial: جـ	j/zh
haa	Isolated: ح End: ـح Middle: ـحـ Initial: حـ	No equivalent, but soft h, as if you were blowing out a candle from the back of your throat.
khaa	Isolated: خ Middle: ـخ End: ـخـ Initial: خـ	Scottish loch, almost as if gargling
dal	Isolated: د End: ـد Middle: ـد Initial: د	d
dhal	Isolated: ذ End: ـذ Middle: ـذ Initial: ذ	Hard ‘th’, as in this
raa	Isolated: ر End: ـر Middle: ـر Initial: ر	Soft rolled ‘r’, as in curd
zay	Isolated: ز End: ـز Middle: ـز Initial: ـز	z
siin	Isolated: س End: ـس Middle: ـسـ Initial: سـ	s
shiin	Isolated: ش End: ـش Middle: ـشـ Initial: شـ	sh
Saad	Isolated: ص End: ـص Middle: ـصـ Initial: صـ	No equivalent, but similar to ss
Dhad	Isolated: ض End: ض Middle: ـضـ Isolated: ضـ	No equivalent, but emphatic ‘D’ similar to dawn from the back of the throat
Taa	Isolated: ط End: ـط Middle: ـطـ Initial: ط	No equivalent, but emphatic ‘T’
Dhaa	Isolated: ظ End: ـظ Middle: ـظـ Initial: ظـ	No equivalent, but emphatic ‘th’
hain	Isolated: ع End: ـع Middle: ـعـ Initial: عـ	No equivalent, but a guttural stop similar to the pause in uh-oh
ghain	Isolated: غ End: ـغ Middle: ـغـ Initial: غـ	No equivalent, but similar to ‘gh’/’gr’, the sound made when gurgling
faa	Isolated: ف End: ـف Middle: ـفـ Initial: فـ	f
qaaf	Isolated: ق End: ق Middle: ـقـ Initial: قـ	No equivalent, but similar to caught from the back of the throat.
kaaf	Isolated: ك End: ـك Middle: ـكـ Initial: كـ	k
laam	Isolated: ل End: لـ Middle: ـلـ Initial: لـ	l
miim	Isolated: م End: ـم Middle: ـمـ Initial: مـ	m
nun	Isolated: ن End: ـن Middle: ـنـ Initial: نـ	n
haa	Isolated: ه End: ـه Middle: ـهـ Initial: هـ	h
waw	Isolated: و End: ـو Middle: ـو Initial: و	w/oo, as in boot
yaa	Isolated: ي End: ـي Middle: ـيـ Initial: يـ	y/ee, as in meet

Conclusion

Arabic Alphabet Beginning Middle and End List – You now have a great understanding of the Arabic characters of starting middle and end of the word that will surely make your writing and reading much easier than ever before. But the most important thing is to read, write and practice daily it is the time tested method of mastering any language.