The letter `Ayn in Arabic and Persian. Hear and See the difference!

6 shoru` 'beginning' شروع  

 

1a Arabic Fushā shoru`
شروع

If you are learning Persian without having first studied Arabic, now you know what the mysterious `ayn is all about.
1b Persian Written/Formal shoru'
شروع  

 
1c  Persian Spoken/Colloquial shoru:
شرو  

This is a perennial favorite to be misspelled. Now you know what's going on so you can avoid falling into the trap!
intentionally misspelled!

1 `amr  (initial)   ::   2 `ājez  (initial)   ::    3 sa`y  (medial)   ::   4 da`vā  (medial)   ::    5 jam` (final)   ::   6 shoru` (final)

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