- What are the Arabic Letters Hah ه Waaw و and Ya ى ?
- What is the ya ى in Arabic without dots?How do you pronounce Yaa ى in Arabic?
- What are the forms of ه?
- Arabic letters Hah ه Waaw و and Ya ى are 26th 27th and 28th alphabets of Arabic.
- They all are different in their look from each other.
We already learn about Arabic Alphabets that they are very similar in shape with each other but some have their unique shape also. Hah ه waaw و and ya ى are among them.
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ه
- Arabic letter Hah ه in English somehow is “H”.
- It is pronounced as ‘hah’.
- Its sound is similar somehow to the letter ح
- but its articulation point is different from ح
- the real difference is of the sound, which make resistance in throat while pronouncing ح, wheres ه comes directly from chest and does not make any resistance in throat
- but this is clear only when pronounced these letters and hard for beginners to differentiate between them.
- Different forms of letter hah are:
- ﻪ
- ﻫ
| Isolated | Initial | Medial | End |
| ه | هـ | ـهـ | ـه |
| هذا | سهل | رحمة |
Articulation Point
Letter ha ه is pronounced from the furthest or deepest part of throat.The part of throat towards the chest.
و
- Its equivalent in English is ” V “.
- It is pronounced as ‘waaw’.
- It has no dot.
- Its sound is not similar to any other Arabic letter.
- It comes in 2 forms in Arabic
- as consonant [here its sound is like V]
- as vowel [here its sound is like O ]
| Isolated | Initial | Medial | End |
| و | و | ـو | ـو |
| وردة | صورة | توماتو |
Articulation Point of Waw
Letter waaw و is pronounce from lips when lips are round , and are in contact from edges only.
ى
- Its equivalent in English is “Y”.
- It is pronounced as ‘yaa’.
- It is the last letter of Arabic Alphabets.
- Ya has two written forms
- with out dots ى
- with dots ي
- there is no difference in it,they are just two different style of writing.
- It has two dots under it when use as half shape.
- as the letter ت also has two dots
- again here the point to remember is the position of dot
- letter ت has two dots over the letter but letter ي has two dots under the letter
- like in تبت letter ت is used and in يهب letter ي is used.
- It comes in 2 forms in Arabic
- as consonant [here its sound is like Y]
- as vowel [here its sound is like ii]
Articulation Point of Ya
Letter ya ي is pronounce when middle of tongue raised towards the upper palate.