Farsi Alphabet
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Farsi Alphabet
This page contains a table including the following: Farsi alphabet, also called Persian letters which help you pronounce the words in a given language, you will also learn about the different consonants and vowels. Make sure to check our Learn Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
English | Farsi Pronunciation | Farsi Script | Various Forms |
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A as in apple | hamzeh | ء | On the top of some vowels |
A as in apple | alef | ا | ا |
Long “a” | alef-e maddī | آ | آ |
B as in Brazilian | be | ب | ب ب ب |
P as in Persian | pe | پ | پ پ پ |
T as in Turkish | te | ت | ت ت ت |
Th as in think | the | ث | ث ث ث |
J as in Japanese | jīm | ج | ج ج ج |
Che as in Chinese | che | چ | چ چ چ |
Sharp h as in Hassan | he | ح | ح ح ح |
Kh as in the Scottish loch, Spanish Jota | khe | خ | خ خ خ |
D as in Danish | dāl | د | د |
Th as in They | Th as in They | Th as in They | ذ |
R as in Russian | re | ر | ر |
Z as in Zulu | ze | ز | ز |
Je as in pleasure | je or zhe | ژ | ژ |
S as in Spanish | sīn | س | س س س |
Sh as in Shadow | shīn | ش | ش ش ش |
S as in supper | sād | ص | ص ص ص |
D as in Danish | dād | ض | ض ض ض |
T as in Tagalog | Tā | ط | ط ط ط |
Th as in That | thā | ظ | ظ ظ ظ |
The closest is as a soundless “a” or ‘ | ‘ayn | ع | ع ع ع |
gh as the french “r” in merci | ghayn | غ | غ غ غ |
F as in Farsi | fe | ف | ف ف ف |
Sharp Qu (Qum) | qāf | ق | ق ق ق |
K as in Kurdish | kāf | ك | ك ك ك |
Same thing just a different way. | kāf | ک | ک ک ک |
G as in Golf | gāf | گ | گ گ گ |
L as in Language | lām | ل | ل ل ل |
M as in Mandarin | mīm | م | م م م |
N as in Norwegian | nūn | ن | ن ن ن |
W as in Wolof | vāv | و | و |
H as in Hebrew | hā-ye havvaz | ه | ه ه ه |
Y as in Yiddish | yā-ye mo‘jam | ي | ي ي ي |
Y as in Yiddish, sometimes as “a” | yā-ye fārsī | ی | ی ی ی |
I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Farsi Persian alphabet, consonants and vowels. Make sure to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation.