IPA ENGLISH WORD SOUND IN URDU

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IPA ENGLISH WORD SOUND IN URDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu
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Consonants IPA[1] Hindi[1] ISO 15919 [1] Urdu Approximate English equivalent b ब ba ب butter bʱ भ bha بھ abhor d[2] द da د the dʱ ध dha دھ within (as a dhh sound, tongue touches palate, strong air exhalation) dʒ ज ja ج jazz dʒʱ झ jha جھ hedgehog (strong jhh sound) ɖ[2] ड ḍa ڈ gourd ɖʱ ढ ḍha ڈھ adhere f फ़ fa ف food ɡ ग ga گ green ɡʱ घ gha گھ big headed ɣ ग़ ġa غ similar to a French r (mostly Urdu; sometimes substituted for [ɡ] (ग) in Hindi). ɦ ह ha ح، ہ head j य ya ی yak k क ka ک sky kʰ ख kha کھ car l ल la ل leaf m म ma م much n न na ن not ɳ ण ṇa ن burn (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses [n] (ن)). ɲ ञ ña نیْا roughly like canyon (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses [n] (ن)). ŋ ङ ṅa ن bank p प pa پ sport pʰ फ pha پھ pencil q क़ qa ق quail (k in the throat, tongue not touching palate) (mostly Urdu; sometimes substituted for [k] (क) in Hindi) ɾ र ra ر American butter (r may be trilled[3]) r ɽ ड़ ṛa ڑ garter (GA) ɽʱ ढ़ ṛha ڑھ as [ɽ] plus h; somewhat as the US: warhead s स sa ث، س، ص sue ʂ ष ṣa ش/س shrimp (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses either [ʃ] (ش) or [s] (س)). ʃ श śa ش shoe t[2] त ta ت، ط still tʰ थ tha تھ tip tʃ च ca چ catch tʃʰ छ cha چھ choose ʈ[2] ट ṭa ٹ carts ʈʰ ठ ṭha ٹھ trip ʋ[4] व va و varies between w and v x ख़ k͟ha خ Scottish Loch (mostly Urdu; sometimes substituted for [kʰ] (ख) in Hindi) z ज़ za ذ، ز، ض، ظ zen ʒ झ़ zha ژ pleasure

Letter names and phonemes[edit]

No.	Name[6]		ALA-LC[7]	Hunterian[8]	IPA	closest sound in English	Isolated glyph
1	الف	alif	ā, –		/ɑː, ʔ, ∅/	[example needed]	ا
2	بے	bē	b		/b/	[example needed]	ب
3	پے	pē	p		/p/	[example needed]	پ
4	تے	tē	t		/t/	[example needed]	ت
5	ٹے	ṭē	ṭ	t	/ʈ/	[example needed]	ٹ
6	ثے	s̱ē	s̱	s	/s/	[example needed]	ث
7	جيم	jīm	j		/d͡ʒ/	[example needed]	ج
8	چے	cē	c	ch	/t͡ʃ/	[example needed]	چ
9	بڑی حے	baṛī ḥē	ḥ	h	/ɦ/	[example needed]	ح
10	خے	k͟hē	k͟h	kh	/x/	[example needed]	خ
11	دال	dāl	d		/d/	[example needed]	د
12	ڈال	ḍāl	ḍ	d	/ɖ/	[example needed]	ڈ
13	ذال	ẕāl	ẕ	z	/z/	[example needed]	ذ
14	رے	rē	r		/r/	[example needed]	ر
15	ڑے	ṛē	ṛ	r	/ɽ/	[example needed]	ڑ
16	زے	zē	z		/z/	[example needed]	ز
17	ژے	zhē	zh	zh	/ʒ/	[example needed]	ژ
18	سین	sīn	s		/s/	[example needed]	س
19	شین	shīn	sh	sh	/ʃ/	[example needed]	ش
20	صاد	ṣwād	ṣ	s	/s/	[example needed]	ص
21	ضاد	ẓwād	ẓ	z	/z/	[example needed]	ض
22	طوے	t̤oʼē	t̤	t	/t/	[example needed]	ط
23	ظوے	z̤oʼē	z̤	z	/z/	[example needed]	ظ
24	عین	ʻain	ʻ		/ɑː, oː, eː, ʔ, ʕ, ∅/	[example needed]	ع
25	غین	g͟hain	g͟h	gh	/ɣ/	[example needed]	غ
26	فے	fē	f		/f/	[example needed]	ف
27	قاف	qāf	q		/q/	[example needed]	ق
28	کاف	kāf	k		/k/	[example needed]	ک
29	گاف	gāf	g		/ɡ/	[example needed]	گ
30	لام	lām	l		/l/	[example needed]	ل
31	میم	mīm	m		/m/	[example needed]	م
32	نون	nūn	n		/n, ɲ, ɳ, ŋ/	[example needed]	ن
33	نون غنّہ	nūn g͟hunnah	ṉ	n	/◌̃/	[example needed]	ں
34	واؤ	wāʼo	v, ū, u, o, au	w, ū, u, o, au	/ʋ, uː, ʊ, oː, ɔː/	[example needed]	و
35	چھوٹی ہے گول ہے	choṭī hē gol hē	h, ā, e		/ɦ, ɑː, e:/	[example needed]	ہ
36	دو چشمی ہے	do-cashmī hē	h		/ʰ/ or /ʱ/	[example needed]	ھ
37	ہمزہ	hamzah	ʼ, –, yi		/ʔ/ or /∅/	[example needed]	ء
38	چھوٹی يے	choṭī yē	y, ī, á		/j, iː, ɑː/	[example needed]	ی
39	بڑی يے	baṛī yē	ai, e		/ɛː, eː/	[example needed]	ے

No Urdu word begins with ں‎, ھ‎, ڑ‎ or ے‎.

Confusable glyphs in Urdu and Arabic script

Characters in Urdu	Characters in Arabic
ہ (U+06C1) ھ (U+06BE)	ه (U+0647)
ی (U+06CC)	ى (U+0649) ي (U+064A)
ک (U+06A9)	ك (U+0643)

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Digraphs[edit]

The digraphs of aspirated consonants are as follows.

No.	Digraph[7]	Transcription[7]	IPA	Example
1	بھ	bh	[bʱ]	بھاری
2	پھ	ph	[pʰ]	پھول
3	تھ	th	[tʰ]	تھم
4	ٹھ	ṭh	[ʈʰ]	ٹھیس
5	جھ	jh	[d͡ʒʱ]	جھاڑی
6	چھ	ch	[t͡ʃʰ]	چھوکرا
7	دھ	dh	[dʱ]	دھوبی
8	ڈھ	ḍh	[ɖʱ]	ڈھول
9	رھ	rh	[rʱ]	[example needed]
10	ڑھ	ṛh	[ɽʱ]	کڑھنا
11	کھ	kh	[kʰ]	کھولنا
12	گھ	gh	[ɡʱ]	گھبراہٹ
13	لھ	lh	[lʱ]	[example needed]
14	مھ	mh	[mʱ]	تمھیں (alternative of تمہیں)
15	نھ	nh	[nʱ]	ننھا
16	وھ	wh	[ʋʱ]	[example needed]
17	یھ	yh	[jʱ]	[example needed]

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