I need a good description of the Arabic letter 'ayn (ع). Can someone provide one?

Question

I need to know what it sounds like and how to pronounce it properly

Answer 1

You need to emit a guttural "a" from the throat vibrating the whole trachea.
I can record it for you and send it in a file. Give me an email to attach the file to.

Answer 2

Arabic Ayn

Answer 3

'ayn (ع) is th 18th letter of the Arabic alphabet, how to prounounce it properly, you may use this link:
http://www.shariahprogram.ca/Arabic-alphabet.shtml
Click on the letter, and there is a sound file (.rm = needs RealPlayer programme) or download the demo of the Arabic Shcool from here: http://www.arabicsp.com/webpages/downloads.html and listen to the proper pronounciation.

Answer 4

i'm sorry to tell u that, but ع is among some arabic letters that cant be pronounced by non-arabs.
it is a scientific fact, so dont waste ur time (i mean it in a good sense)

Answer 5

its impossible to answer your question by a written answer. You must have the sound pronounced in your presence as part of a full word.
The word "arabic" starts with this sound,in the first letter "a" in that word.

Answer 6

مارك: اهلا Akatsa,

Here a sound sample:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative

Ayin traditionally represents a voiced pharyngeal fricative that has no equivalent in the English language ([ʕ]).

More about ﻋ,ﻉ here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BFayn



Hope this helps!