Transliteration System

 In this article, we will learn the transliteration system for Arabic used in this blog.

IPA	English approximation	Arabic letter/symbol	Blog romanization	Notes
A–B
a	cat in British English, only approx. in American English	َ	a	[a][b]
aː	No exact, longer far	ـَا  ,ى	ā	[c]
aj	/a/+/j/, similar to my	ْـَي	ay	[d]
aw	/a/+/w/, similar to noun	ْـَو	aw	[e]
b	bee	ب	b	[f]
D
d	dash	د	d	[g]
dˤ	emphatic and pharyngealized/d/, no equivalent	ض	d'	[h][g]
dʒ	jam	ج	j	[i]
ð	these	ذ	d-z	[j]
ðˤ	emphatic and pharyngealized /ð/	ظ	d-z'	[h][k]
F–H
f	father	ف	f	[l]
h	hi	ه	h
ħ	hello, but pharyngeal	ح	ḣ	[m]
I–K
i	miss	ِ	i	[n][b]
iː	machine	ـِي	ī	[o]
j	yes	ي	y
k	skin	ك	k	[p]
L–N
l	lease(Received Pronunciation)	ل	l
ɫ	tool			[q]
m	me	م	m
n	no	ن	n
Q–S
q	like cat, but further down to the uvula(uvular).	ق	q	[r]
r	"tapped" or "trilled" r;  Spanish perro	ر	r	[s]
s	see	س	s
sˤ	emphatic and pharyngealized /s/, no equivalent	ص	s'	[h]
ʃ	she	ش	s-y
T–W
t	stick	ت (sometimesة)	t	[g][p]
tˤ	emphatic and pharyngealized /t/, no equivalent	ط	t'	[h][g]
θ	think	ث	t-s	[j]
u	sum	ُ	u	[t][b]
uː	tune	ـُو	ū	[u]
w	we	و	w
X–Z
x	Scots loch, Spanish jota, German Bach	خ	k̇	[v]
ɣ	Spanish fuego	غ	ġ	[w]
z	zoo	ز	z
Other
ʔ	The pause in uh-oh!;  Cockneybutter; glottal stop	ء	Ḱ	[x]
ʕ	similar to the sound while retching (voiced pharyngeal fricative)	ع	q̇	[y][z]
θ	see under T—W
ˈ	[ˈkiːwi] كِيوِي('kiwi')	Means that the following syllable is stressed: /ˈʕarabiː/ عربي ('Arab').
ː	[kiːs] كِيس('sack')	Means that the preceding vowel is long
[ˈdˤɑħ.ħæ] ضَحّى('[he] sacrificed'),  [mʊˈdær.rɪsæ] مُدَرِّسَة('teacher [f.]'),  [ræs.ˈsæːmæ] رَسَّامَة('paintress'),  [kæð.ˈðæːb] كَذَّاب('liar [m.]')		A geminated consonant never belongs to one syllable and is often broken with a stress.

Notes

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You can click each letter for the sound at wiki page.