Learn Persian : reading persian alphabet
Name: الف | Alef
IPA: /æ/
The sound "a" as in "cat."
الف - ا
Name: به | Be
IPA: /b/
The sound "b" as in "boy."
به - ب
Name: پ | Pe
IPA: /p/
The sound "p" as in "pen."
پ - پ
Name: ت | Te
IPA: /t/
The sound "t" as in "top."
ت - ت
Name: ث | Se
IPA: /s/
The sound "th" as in "think."
ث - ث
Name: ج | Je
IPA: /ʤ/
The sound "j" as in "jump."
ج - ج
Name: چ | Che
IPA: /tʃ/
The sound "ch" as in "church."
چ - چ
Name: ح | He
IPA: /h/
The sound "h" as in "hat."
ح - ح
Name: خ | Khe
IPA: /x/
The sound "kh" as in the German "Bach" or Scottish "loch."
خ - خ
Name: د | Dal
IPA: /d/
The sound "d" as in "dog."
د - د
Name: ذ | Zal
IPA: /z/
The sound "z" as in "zebra."
ذ - ذ
Name: ر | Re
IPA: /ɾ/
The sound "r" as in "red" (flap or trill).
ر - ر
Name: ز | Ze
IPA: /z/
The sound "z" as in "zebra."
ز - ز
Name: ژ | Zhe
IPA: /ʒ/
The sound "zh" as in "measure."
ژ - ژ
Name: س | Sin
IPA: /s/
The sound "s" as in "sun."
س - س
Name: ش | Shin
IPA: /ʃ/
The sound "sh" as in "ship."
ش - ش
Name: ص | Sad
IPA: /sˤ/
An emphatic "s" sound, unique to Semitic languages.
ص - ص
Name: ض | Zad
IPA: /dˤ/
An emphatic "d" sound, found in Semitic languages.
ض - ض
Name: ط | Ta
IPA: /tˤ/
An emphatic "t" sound, characteristic of Semitic languages.
ط - ط
Name: ظ | Za
IPA: /zˤ/
An emphatic "z" sound, specific to Arabic and Persian.
ظ - ظ
Name: ع | Ain
IPA: /ʔ/, /ʕ/
A voiced pharyngeal sound, unique to Semitic languages.
ع - ع
Name: غ | Ghain
IPA: /ɣ/
A voiced velar or uvular fricative, as in the French "r" in "Paris."
غ - غ
Name: ف | Fe
IPA: /f/
The sound "f" as in "fish."
ف - ف
Name: ق | Qaf
IPA: /q/
A uvular stop, similar to a deep "k" sound, often used in Arabic.
ق - ق
Name: ک | Kaf
IPA: /k/
The sound "k" as in "kite."
ک - ک
Name: گ | Gaf
IPA: /g/
The sound "g" as in "go."
گ - گ
Name: ل | Lam
IPA: /l/
The sound "l" as in "light."
ل - ل
Name: م | Mim
IPA: /m/
The sound "m" as in "man."
م - م
Name: ن | Nun
IPA: /n/
The sound "n" as in "night."
ن - ن
Name: و | Vav
IPA: /v/, /u/, /o/
Used for the sound "v," as in "victory," or the vowel sounds "u" and "o."
و - و
Name: ه | He
IPA: /h/
The sound "h" as in "house."
ه - ه
Name: ی | Ye
IPA: /j/, /i/
Represents "y" as in "yes" or the vowel sound "i."
ی - ی
