Another challenging and unique letter in Arabic Alphabet will be
shown in today’s blog. Remember that, in each language, there are some letters
that distinguish the languages, especially in terms of pronunciation. One of
the distinctive Arabic letters will be highlighted in today's blog. After
studying a few more letters in the Arabic alphabet, it's time to move on to the
letter DHaad.
For clarity, we at Kaleela write the sound of the letter like this
(DH). The letter DHaad isn’t equivalent to any of the English letters. However,
it is close in pronunciation to the combination TH in English but it is a
forceful sound. To pronounce it properly, put your upper teeth against the
front flat part of the tongue, and with a hint of breath at the end. Also, to
help, try imagining DHaad like a pressuring TH. The letter DHaad only functions
as a consonant letter. You will find everything you need about the letter DHaad
in today's blog. How it looks like, its shapes depending on its position in a
word and some words with the letter DHaad.
Before we start with the shapes of the letter DHaad, we need to
demonstrate an important note that states that the letter DHaad can be
connected from both sides. As shown below in the table. The second group (2nd
group) shows letters that can be connected from both sides. Some Arabic
letters can only be connected from the right side (1st group).
|
1st group: |
Connected from the right side |
أ\و\د\ذ\ر\ز |
|
2nd group: |
Connected from both sides |
ب\ت\ث\ج\ح\خ\س\ش\ص\ض\ط\ظ\ع\غ\ف\ق\ك\ل\م\ن\ه\ي |
The letter DHaad falls in the second group. DHaad connects itself
from both sides. So, let us get to know the letter DHaad and give some Arabic
words with DHaad after the video.
As shown in the video, this is the shape of the letter DHaad standing alone.
The form of the letter DHaad changes depending on where it appears in a word.
So, we can have it either at the beginning of the word (initial), middle of the
word (medial), or ending of the word (final). But firstly, notice that the
letter DHaad is easy to write and it looks like a horizontal balloon with a
straight line drawn on top and a dot on top. If it is standing alone, it looks
like this “ظ.” Now, let us get to know the different
shapes of the letter DHaad and give some Arabic words with DHaad.
The letter DHaad has 4 forms, depending on its position in the word
1. Initial (ظ): When it comes at
the beginning of a word:
As in: ـرفظـ /DHarf/ which means Envelope
2. Medial:
1) While being connected (ـظـ):
As in: مــظــلة /miDHallah/ which means Umbrella
2) While not
being connected (ظـ):
As in: رناظـ /naaDHir/ which means Headmaster
3.
Final: 1) While being connected (ـظ):
As in:
حــظ /HaDH/
which means
Luck
2) While not being connected (ظ):
As
in: استيـقاظ /isteeqaaDH/
which means
Wake up
|
Cases |
Connected |
Disconnected |
|
Initial |
/DHarf/ ظـرف |
--------- |
|
Medial |
مــظــلة /miDHallah/ |
ناظر /naaDHir/ |
|
Final |
حــظ /HaDH/ |
استيـقاظ /isteeqaaDH/ |
That was it for the letter DHaad; you can also watch the video
about the letter DHaad on our YouTube channel and listen to how the letter
DHaad is pronounced. Kaleela offers its users further practice on both the
website and the application, and it covers all the material you require. Also,
you can have the Arabic language listed and broken down into levels and topics
to make it easier for you to learn the language gradually. We at Kaleela
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the information he requests. Starting with the Arabic basics to advanced Arabic.
Kaleela will guide you to master the Arabic language. In a positive and
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