The letter `Ayn in Arabic and Persian. Hear and See the difference! |
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| 1 `amr 'lifetime' | عمر |
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| 1a Arabic Fushā |
`omr |
عمر |
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The Arabic initial `ayn as pronounced by a native speaker of Arabic. The Arabic recordings here have been generously provided by Mourad Diouri of e-Arabic Learning Portal (eALP). As a student of Persian, you will greatly benefit from his educational AND entertaining set of podcasts on similar sounds in the Arabic language. |
| 1b Persian Written/Formal |
omr |
عمر |
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Arabic `ayn replaced by a glottal stop. If you are coming to Persian having first studied Arabic, you have to "unlearn" the `ayn. Note that you still have to spell it with the `ayn despite what you hear. Spelling is not phonetic! |
| 1c Persian Spoken/Colloquial |
same as Written
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Go to the next example >> 2 `ājez (initial) |
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