It's usually transliterated as a ' ,but that tells me nothing
2007-01-25 13:40:15 · 5 answers · asked by armorsmith42 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'ts Arabic, not Hebrew of Farsi (although, if the pronunciation is the same in those languages, please tell me.)
2007-01-25 13:41:34 · update #1
It's a hamza and it's not pronouced by itself. It's actually what's called a glottal stop. Like when some people pronouce the word "bottle" without the two t's. The hamza can be combined with a fata (making an "aa" sound glottal stop), a kesra (an "ii" sound stop) or a domma (a "uu" sound). It's tough to describe the hamza in words. You would understand %100 percent by just hearing it once. Sorry I couldn't be more help :-(
2007-01-25 13:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by SlapDash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
slapdash is right, it's called a "hamza" and it is rarely used alone. it comes in many forms:
أ إ ؤ ئ ء
the أ form is basically pronounced the same way you pronounce the first part of apple (the "a" part, just before u hit the "p").
the إ form is pronounced the same way you pronounce the first part of indigo (the "i" part, just before u hit the "n" part).
the other forms are unfortunately very difficult to give examples of, but they basically are pronounced in different ways.
hope this helped!
2007-01-25 21:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by abulshabab 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aleef
2007-01-25 21:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by kevin k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
srry but im not sure
2007-01-25 21:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by hollabacgurl136 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
like "th" as in "the"
2007-01-25 21:48:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋