ALPHABET VISUAL RESOURCE CHART This chart gives the four forms of each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet. Just like the Arabic language, it should be read from right to left. The rightmost column Modern Standard shows the letter’s base form, while the subsequent columns show how the letter changes shape when at the Arabic beginning, middle, or end of a word. Example words and their English translations have been provided as well.

English Example Word-final English Example Word-medial English Example Word-initial Isolated Translation Word Form Translation Word Form Translation Word Form Letter Form َ َ َ أ أ أَ ْﺳَﻮد black ـﺄ َﺳﺄل he asked ـﺄ \ أ َﻗ َﺮأ he read ب ﺑـ َﺑْﯿﺖ house ـﺒـ ﱠاﻟﺴْﺒﺖ Saturday ـﺐ أَ ْرَﻧﺐ rabbit ت ﺗـ ﺗُﻔﱠﺎح apples ـﺘـ ِﻣْﻔَﺘﺎح key ـﺖ َزْﯾﺖ oil he fruitful three ث ﺛـ َﺛَ ْﻼَﺛﺔ ـﺜـ ُﻣْﺜِﻤﺮ ـﺚ َﺑ ﱠﺚ broadcasted ج ﺟـ َﺟَﺒﻞ mountain ـﺠـ َﻧ ﱠﺠﺎر carpenter ـﺞ ُﻣ ْﺰ ِﻋﺞ annoying swimming museum bathroom ح ﺣـ َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎم ـﺤـ َﻣْﺘ َﺤﻒ ـﺢ َﻣ ْﺴَﺒﺢ pool

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English Example Word-final English Example Word-medial English Example Word-initial Isolated Translation Word Form Translation Word Form Translation Word Form Letter Form

خ ﺧـ َﺧ ْﻮخ plums ـﺨـ َاﻟﺨِﻤﯿﺲ Thursday ـﺦ َﺑ ﱢﻄ ﯿﺦ watermelon

د د َد َرج stairs ـﺪ ُﻣَﺪ ﱠور round ـﺪ َﺑ ِﺮﯾﺪ post office ذ ذ َذَﻫﺐ gold ـﺬ ﺑُُﺬور seeds ـﺬ أُ ْﺳَﺘﺎذ teacher ر ر َرَﻣ ِﺎد ّي gray ـﺮ َﻓ َﺮ َاﺷﺔ butterfly ـﺮ َﺷ ْﻌﺮ hair

ز ز َز ْﻫ ِﺮ ّي pink ـﺰ ِﺧ َﺰ َاﻧﺔ closet ـﺰ ُﺧْﺒﺰ bread س ﺳـ َﺳ ﱠﺠ َﺎدة rug ـﺴـ ِﺣ َﺴﺎب account ـﺲ َﺷ ْﻤﺲ sun ش ﺷـ ُﺷﺒﱠﺎك window ـﺸـ ُﻣ ْﺴَﺘ ْﺸﻔﻰ hospital ـﺶ ِﻣ ْﺸِﻤﺶ apricot ص ﺻـ َﺻ َﺮ َف he spent ـﺼـ َﺑ َﺼﻞ onions ـﺺ َر ِﺧْﯿﺺ cheap ض ﺿـ َﺿ َﺎع he got lost ـﻀـ أَ ْﺧ َﻀﺮ green ـﺾ أَْﺑَﯿﺾ white ط ﻃـ َﻃﯿﱠ َﺎرة airplane ـﻄـ َﻣ ْﻄَﺒﺦ kitchen ـﻂ َﺑ ّﻂ duck ظ ﻇـ َﻇ ْﺮ ف envelop ـﻈـ َﻧ َﻈ َﺎﻓﺔ cleanliness ـﻆ َﻓ ّﻆ rude

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ع ﻋـ َﻋِﻤ َﻞ he worked ـﻌـ ُاﻟﺠ ُﻤَﻌﺔ Friday ـﻊ َرِﺑْﯿﻊ spring English Example Word-final English Example Word-medial English Example Word-initial Isolated Translation Word Form Translation Word Form Translation Word Form Letter Form

غ ﻏـ ُﻏ ْﺮَﻓﺔ room ـﻐـ َﻣ ْﻐ َﺴﻠَﺔ sink ـﻎ َﺻ ْﻤﻎ glue ف ﻓـ ﻓُ ْﻮل beans ـﻔـ أَ ْﺻَﻔﺮ yellow ـﻒ ﻟَ ِﻄﯿﻒ nice ق ﻗـ َﻗﺎﻧُ ْﻮن law ـﻘـ َﻣْﻘ َﺼﻒ canteen ـﻖ ِدَﻣ ْﺸﻖ Damascus

ك ﻛـ َﻛ ِﺮﯾﻢ generous ـﻜـ َﻣ ْﻜَﺘَﺒﺔ library ـﻚ َﺿ ِﺤﻚ laughter ل ﻟـ ﻟِ َﺴﺎن tongue ـﻠـ َﻣﻠَْﻌﺐ stadium ـﻞ َﻓَﻼِﻓﻞ falafel م ﻣـ َﻣ ْﻜَﺘﺐ office ـﻤـ أَ ْﺣَﻤﺮ red ـﻢ ﻟَ ْﺤﻢ meat

ن ﻧـ َﻧ ْﺤﻠَﺔ bee ـﻨـ ِﺑْﻨﺖ girl ـﻦ ِﺳ ّﻦ age ه ﻫـ ُﻫُﺪ ْوء quite ـﻬـ َﻧ ْﻬﺮ river ـﻪ أَْﺑﻠَﻪ fool و و َو ْرد flowers ـﻮ َﺻ ْﻮت voice ـﻮ ﱠاﻟﺴﺮو cypress ي ﯾـ َﯾﺪ hand ـﯿـ َﻛِﻨْﯿ َﺴﺔ church ـﻲ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻲ chair

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