Arabic alphabet

There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet:

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a		ﺃ	alif	ﺃﺃﺄ		d	thick d	ﺽ	dad	ﻀﻀﺾ
b		ﺐ	ba'	ﺑﺑﺐ		t	thick t	ﻁ	tta'	ﻄﻃﻁ
t		ﺕ	ta'	ﺗﺗﺔ(ﺓ)		th	[though]	ﻅ	tha'	ﻈﻈﻆ
th	[think]	ﺚ	tha'	ﺜﺛﺚ		a	throat	ﻉ	`ayn	ﻋﻌﻊ
dsch	[judge]	ﺝ	jeem	ﺠﺟﺞ		r	palate	ﻍ	rayn	ﻏﻐﻎ
h´	[hate]	ﺡ	ha'	ﺤﺣﺢ		f		ﻑ	fa'	ﻓﻔﻒ
ch		ﺥ	kha'	ﺨﺧﺦ		q		ﻕ	qaf	ﻗﻘﻖ
d		ﺪ	dal	ﺪﺪﺩ		k		ﻙ	kaf	ﻜﻛﻚ
th	[there]	ﺫ	dhal	ﺬﺬﺬ		l		ﻝ	lam	ﻠﻟﻞ
r	tongue	ﺭ	ra'	ﺮﺮﺮ		m		ﻡ	meem	ﻣﻣﻢ
z	[zero]	ﺯ	zay	ﺰﺰﺰ		n		ﻥ	noon	ﻨﻧﻦ
ß		ﺱ	seen	ﺴﺴﺲ		h		ﻩ	ha'	ﻫﻬﻪ(ﻩ)
sh	[should]	ﺵ	sheen	ﺸﺸﺶ		w(u)	[what]	ﻭ	waw	ﻮﻮﻮ
s	[base]	ﺹ	sad	ﺼﺻﺺ		y(i)		ﻱ	ya'	ﻳﻳﻲ

• Pronunciation:

German (Quite a few letters are easier to compare with German letters!)

English (this letters sound like English letters)

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• Spelling:

ﺑﺑﺐ means (right to left): b…at the start/middle/end of the word (or detached)

 

In Arabic you use Indian figures (we use the Arabian!).

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
٠	١	٢	٣	٤	٥	٦	٧	٨	٩

Numbers are written from the left to the right! (For instance: 13.7603 = ١٣, ٧٦٠٣)

Some examples for decorative Arabic writing: qm724i2142vmmz

Arabic is written from the right to the left!

Here are some words, their pronunciation and their meaning:

ﺍﷲ	[allah]	god
ﺸَﻣْﺲٌ	[shems]	sun
ﺠﻬﺎﺩ	[jihad]	the “Holy war“
ﺇﺳﻼم	[islam]	Islam
ﻗﺮﺁﻦ	[kurr-an]	Quran
ﺴﻮﺮﻳﺔ	[suria]	Syria