Help:IPA for Arabic
The chart below explains how Wikipedia represents Arabic pronunciations with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
To be exact, pronunciations given are those of Modern Standard Arabic. Actual pronunciations differ, depending on the native variety of Arabic of the speaker. For a more thorough look at the sounds of Arabic, see Arabic phonology.
The symbols are arranged by similarity to letters of the Latin alphabet. Symbols resembling any Latin letter are placed at the end.
| Symbol | English approximation |
Arabic letter/symbol |
Usual romanization |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A–B | ||||
| a | father, but shorter | َ | a e | [lower-alpha 1] |
| aː | father | ا ى | ā aa a | [lower-alpha 2] |
| aw | /a/+/w/ | و | aw au o | [lower-alpha 3] |
| b | bee | ب | b | [lower-alpha 4] |
| D | ||||
| d | deal | د | d | [lower-alpha 5] |
| dˤ | emphatic /d/, somewhat close to dark |
ض | ḍ | [lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 5] |
| dʒ | jam | ج | j ǧ dj | [lower-alpha 7] |
| ð | these | ذ | dh ḏ | [lower-alpha 8] |
| ðˤ | emphatic /ð/ | ظ | ẓ | [lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 9] |
| E | ||||
| eː | bay | ي | ay ey ai ei e | [lower-alpha 10] |
| F–H | ||||
| f | father | ف | f | [lower-alpha 11] |
| h | he | ه | h | |
| ħ | No equivalent | ح | ḥ | [lower-alpha 12] |
| I–K | ||||
| ɪ | sit[1] | ِ | i e | [lower-alpha 13] |
| iː | machine | ي | ī ee i | [lower-alpha 14] |
| j | yes | ي | y | |
| k | skin | ك | k | [lower-alpha 15] |
| L–N | ||||
| l | lease (Received Pronunciation) | ل | l | |
| ɫ | tool | l | [lower-alpha 16] | |
| m | me | م | m | |
| n | no | ن | n | |
| O–R | ||||
| θ | think | ث | th ṯ | [lower-alpha 8] |
| q | somewhat close to c in scar | ق | q g | [lower-alpha 17] |
| r | somewhat close to ray | ر | r | [lower-alpha 18] |
| S | ||||
| s | see | س | s | |
| sˤ | emphatic /s/, somewhat close to massage |
ص | ṣ | [lower-alpha 6] |
| ʃ | she | ش | sh š ch | |
| T–W | ||||
| t | stik | ت (sometimes ة) | t | [lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 15] |
| tˤ | emphatic /t/, somewhat close to star |
ط | ṭ | [lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 5] |
| u | put | ُ | u o ou | [lower-alpha 19] |
| uː | rule | و | ū oo ou u | [lower-alpha 20] |
| w | we | و | w | |
| X–Z | ||||
| x | Scottish loch, Spanish jota |
خ | kh ḫ | [lower-alpha 21] |
| ɣ | Spanish fuego, French parler |
غ | gh ġ | [lower-alpha 22] |
| z | zoo | ز | z | |
| Other | ||||
| ʔ | The pause in uh-oh!; Cockney butter |
ء | ʾ ’ ' | [lower-alpha 23] |
| ʕ | no equivalent | ع | ʿ ‘ ' ` | [lower-alpha 24][lower-alpha 25] |
| θ | see under O—R | |||
| ˈ | [ˈkiːwi] كيوي 'kiwi' | Means that the following syllable is stressed: /ˈʕarabiː/. | ||
| ː | [kiːs] كيس 'sack' | Means that the preceding vowel is long | ||
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