Persian Alphabet and Vowels (Alphabet PR5000)

A comprehensive vocabulary review of the Persian alphabet letters, their pronunciations, homophones sharing the same sound, and the representation of long and short vowels from Alphabet PR5000.

Alef (ا / آ)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /ā/.

Be (ب)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /b/.

Pe (پ)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /p/.

Te (ت)

One of the two Persian letters associated with the sound /t/.

Se (ث)

One of three Persian letters associated with the sound /s/.

Jim (ج)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /j/.

Che (چ)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /ch/.

He (ح)

One of the two Persian letters associated with the sound /h/.

Khe (خ)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /x/kh/.

Dāl (د)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /d/.

Zāl (ذ)

One of four Persian letters associated with the sound /z/.

Re (ر)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /r/.

Ze (ز)

One of four Persian letters associated with the sound /z/.

Jhe (ژ)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /zh/jh/.

Seen (س)

One of three Persian letters associated with the sound /s/.

Sheen (ش)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /sh/.

Sād (ص)

One of three Persian letters associated with the sound /s/.

Zād (ض)

One of four Persian letters associated with the sound /z/.

Tā (ط)

One of the two Persian letters associated with the sound /t/.

Zā (ظ)

One of four Persian letters associated with the sound /z/.

Ein (ع)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /'a/.

Ghein (غ)

One of two Persian letters associated with the Glottal /q/gh/ sound.

Fe (ف)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /f/.

Qāf (ق)

One of two Persian letters associated with the Glottal /q/gh/ sound.

Kāf (ک)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /k/.

Gāf (گ)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /g/.

Lām (ل)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /L/.

Mim (م)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /m/.

Nūn (ن)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /n/.

Vāv (و)

The Persian letter associated with the consonant sound /v/ as well as the vowel sounds /ū/ and /o/.

He (ه)

One of the two Persian letters associated with the sound /h/.

Ye (ی)

The Persian letter associated with the sound /ea/ye/.

Homophones for /t/

The two Persian letters that produce the sound /t/: te (ت) and tā (ط).

Homophones for /s/

The three Persian letters that produce the sound /s/: se (ث), seen (س), and sād (ص).

Homophones for /z/

The four Persian letters that produce the sound /z/: zāl (ذ), ze (ز), zād (ض), and zā (ظ).

Homophones for /h/

The two Persian letters that produce the sound /h/: he (ح) and he (ه).

Homophones for Glottal /q/gh/

The two Persian letters that produce the Glottal /q/gh/ sound: ghein (غ) and qāf (ق).

Long Vowels in Persian

The vowels /ā/ (written as آ or ا), /ea/ (written as ای or ی), and /ū/ (written as او or و).

Short Vowels in Persian

The diacritically marked vowels /a/ (َ), /e/ (ِ), and /o/ (ُ).