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Urdu employs a variation of the Perso-Arabic alphabet with several additional letters. These
letters are: ٹ (Te), ڈ (Daal), ڑ (Re), and ں (nuun-gunna). They are used to represent the sounds unique to Urdu, which are absent from Arabic and Persian.
The chart below shows the isolated form of each letter. See the topics on Consonants, Long Vowels, Short Vowels, and Diphthongs for the initial, medial, and final forms of the letters.
|
Letter |
Letter Name |
|
ا |
alif |
|
ب |
be |
|
پ |
pe |
|
ت |
te |
|
ٹ |
Te |
|
ث |
se |
|
ج |
jiim |
|
چ |
che |
|
ح |
he |
|
خ |
khe |
|
د |
daal |
|
ڈ |
Daal |
|
ذ |
zaal |
|
ر |
re |
|
ڑ |
Re |
|
ز |
ze |
|
ژ |
zhe |
|
س |
siin |
|
ش |
shiin |
|
ص |
saad |
|
ض |
zaad |
|
ط |
toe |
|
ظ |
zoe |
|
ع |
en |
|
غ |
gen |
|
ف |
fe |
|
ق |
qaaf |
|
ک |
kaaf |
|
گ |
gaaf |
|
ل |
laam |
|
م |
miim |
|
ن |
nuun |
|
ں |
nuun-gunnaa |
|
و |
vaav |
|
ہ |
he-havaaz |
|
ھ |
he-havaaz with aspiration |
|
ی |
ye-maaruuf |
|
ے |
ye-majhuul |
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