TRANSLITERATION
-a -t
-b -z
-t -’
-th -gh
-j -f
-h -q
-kh -k
-d -I
-dh -m
-r -n
-z -w
-s -h
-sh -’
-s -y
-D
VOWELS
(i) short
- a (as u in but)
- i (as i in tin)
- u (as u in bull)
(ii) Long
a (as a in father)
i (as ee in bee)
u (as oo in root)
au (as in aught)
ai (as in bat)
- Al (represents the article the) as in al-kitab. But in “solar letters”
(1) should be passed over in pronunciation and assimilated to the
following consonent.
- at the end has been represented by h, for example Rahmah,
for Rahmat
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