![]() | This is thepronunciation key forIPA transcriptions of Arab on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Arab in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishingconsensus on thetalk page first. Per na ntroduzion sun co liejer i simboi AFI, cëlaHelp:IPA. Per la desfrënzia danter[ ],/ / y⟨ ⟩, cëlaIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The chart below explains how Wikipedia representsModern Standard Arabic pronunciations with theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Wikipedia also has specific charts forEgyptian Arabic,Hejazi Arabic,Lebanese Arabic, andTunisian Arabic. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-ar}}, {{IPAc-ar}} andWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
Wikipedia transcriptions for Arabic may be either more general and abstract (phonemic), using only the symbols in the IPA column, or more detailed and precise (phonetic), using the symbols explained in the notes.
SeeArabic phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Modern Standard Arabic, andvarieties of Arabic for regional variation.
IPA | English approximation | Arabic letter/symbol | Usual romanization | Letter name |
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A–B | ||||
a[lower-alpha 1] | cat inBritish English, only approx. inAmerican English | َ | a, á, e | فَتْحَة (fatḥah) |
aː[lower-alpha 2] | No exact, longerfar | ـَا(ى at word end) | ā, â, aa, a | أَلِف (ʾalif) الف مقصورة (ʾalif maqṣūrah) |
aj[lower-alpha 3] | /a/+/j/,my | ْـَي | ay, ai, ey, ei | يَاء (yāʾ) |
aw[lower-alpha 4] | /a/+/w/,noun | ْـَو | aw, au | وَاو (wāw) |
b | bee | ب | b | بَاء (bāʾ) |
D | ||||
d | dash | د | d | دَال (dāl) |
dˤ[lower-alpha 5] | emphatic andpharyngealized/d/, no equivalent | ض | ḍ, dh | ضَاد (ḍād) |
dʒ | jam | ج[lower-alpha 6] | j, ǧ, dj, g | جِيم (jīm) |
ð | these | ذ | dh, ḏ | ذَال (dhāl) |
ðˤ[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 7] | emphatic and pharyngealizedTemplate:IPAblink | ظ | ẓ | ظَاء (ẓāʾ) |
F–H | ||||
f | father | ف | f | فَاء (fāʾ) |
h | hi | ه | h | هَاء (hāʾ) |
ħ | hello, butpharyngeal | ح | ḥ | حَاء (ḥāʾ) |
I–K | ||||
i[lower-alpha 8] | miss | ِ | i, e | كَسْرَة (kasrah) |
iː[lower-alpha 9] | machine | ـِي | ī, ee, i | يَاء (yāʾ) |
j | yes | ي | y | يَاء (yāʾ) |
k | skin | ك | k | كَاف (kāf) |
L–N | ||||
l | lease (Received Pronunciation) | ل | l | لَام (lām) |
ɫ[lower-alpha 10] | tool | |||
m | me | م | m | مِيم (mīm) |
n | no | ن | n | نُون (nūn) |
q | likecat, but further down to theuvula (uvular). | ق | q, g, ' | قَاف (qāf) |
r | "tapped" or "trilled" r; Spanishperro | ر | r | رَاء (rāʾ) |
s | see | س | s | سِين (sīn) |
sˤ[lower-alpha 5] | emphatic and pharyngealized/s/, no equivalent | ص | ṣ | صَاد (ṣād) |
ʃ | she | ش | sh, š, ch | شِين (shīn) |
T–W | ||||
t | stick | ت (sometimesة) | t | تَاء (tāʾ) تاء مربوطة (tāʾ marbūṭah) |
tˤ[lower-alpha 5] | emphatic and pharyngealized/t/, no equivalent | ط | ṭ | طَاء (ṭāʾ) |
θ | think | ث | th, ṯ | ثَاء (thāʾ) |
u[lower-alpha 11] | cook | ُ | u, o, ou | ضَمَّة (ḍammah) |
uː[lower-alpha 12] | boot | ـُو | ū, oo, ou, u | وَاو (wāw) |
w | we | و | w | وَاو (wāw) |
X–Z | ||||
x | Scotsloch, Spanishjota, GermanBach | خ | kh, ḫ, ḵ | خَاء (khāʾ) |
ɣ | Spanishfuego | غ | gh, ġ, ḡ | غَيْن (ghayn) |
z | zoo | ز | z | زَاي (zāy) |
Other | ||||
ʔ | The pause inuh-oh!; Cockneybutter;glottal stop | ء | ʾ’' | هَمْزة (hamzah) |
ʕ | no equivalent (voiced pharyngeal fricative or voiced creaky-voiced pharyngeal approximant) | ع | ʿ‘'` | عَيْن (ʿayn) |
θ | see underT—W | |||
ˈ | [ˈkiːwi]كِيوِي ('kiwi') | Means that the following syllable is stressed:/ˈʕarabiː/عربي ('Arab'). | ||
ː | [kiːs]كِيس ('sack') | Means that the preceding vowel is long | ||
[ˈdˤɑħ.ħæ]ضَحّى ('[he] sacrificed'), [mʊˈdær.rɪsæ]مُدَرِّسَة ('teacher [f.]'), [ræs.ˈsæːmæ]رَسَّامَة ('paintress'), [kæð.ˈðæːb]كَذَّاب ('liar [m.]') | A geminated consonant never belongs to one syllable and is often broken with astress. |