The letter `Ayn in Arabic and Persian. Hear and See the difference! |
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| 4 da`vā 'quarrel' | دعوا |
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| 1a Arabic Fushā |
da`vā |
دعوی |
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Don't worry about the spelling of the last letter in the Arabic example for now. That is an Alef Maqsura which is another topic. |
| 1b Persian Written/Formal |
da`vā
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دعوا |
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Arabic `ayn replaced by a glottal stop. |
| 1c Persian Spoken/Colloquial |
da: vā |
دَوا |
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The glottal stop in turn replaced by a longer-duration previous vowel /a/. |
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Go to the next example >> 5 jam` (final) |
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