What is the difference between Similar Sounding Arabic Letters ظ -ز?
Both letters ظ and ز have similar sounds of but they are very different in many ways as discuss below.
Factors Differentiating Similar Sounds
Letter ز
- Letter ز is one of the light letters of Arabic.
- It belong to safiriya Haroof حروف صفيريه.
- While pronouncing it tongue never raised from back.
Letter ظ
- Letter ظ is one of the heavy letters of Arabic.
- It belong to Lisvaiya Haroof حروف لثويه.
- While pronouncing it tongue raised from root.
Words With ز
Words With ظ
- زلّ to be wrong
- زُهور flowers
- مَزَلّة subservience
- عزيمة determination
- مَزْهَر flowerbed
- ظلّ to shade
- ظُهور occurence
- مَظَلّة umbrella
- عظيمة great[fem, adj]
- مَظْهَر appearance