Dec 5, 2024 · In Persian I know 10 letters that in them, خ precedes an unpronounced و: خواب (khab) which means sleep. خواجه (khajeh) which means eunuch. خوار (khar) which means humiliated. …

Oct 16, 2016 · In Arabic we have three types of "h" sounds, as in the following list: ح خ ه I would like to know, which of these sounds is commonly transcribed as "kh" in English, and how are …

Apr 18, 2023 · I’ve never tried this (or worked on Arabic text at all, really), but aren’t Arabic diacritics supposed to be combining characters that you can just remove from a string using …

Jul 11, 2020 · Zzz's are often used in comics or cartoons to mean sleeping, or snoring. Is this meaning understood widely in the world, or just western/english-speaking cultures?

Dec 5, 2023 · Why do many Arabic letters look exactly like other letters except for dots, yet have no similarity in sound? Examples:

As someone who speaks both, /q/ क़ ق (sometimes substituted for [k] (क) in Hindi) /x/ ख़ خ (sometimes substituted for [kʰ] (ख) in Hindi) /ɣ/ ग़ غ (sometimes substituted for [ɡ] (ग) in Hindi). …

Oct 14, 2016 · 3 I have seen in several places now, Arabic script, flowing not only from right to left, but also, simultaneously, from top to bottom, especially within the spelling of a single word, …

Nov 14, 2021 · The real questions is "How are these consonants accurately represented in Malayalam script, especially in Islamic texts?" If there were examples of such texts where …

Mar 3, 2023 · These numbers are chosen to resemble various Arabic letters that don't have Latin equivalents. 2 is ء 3 is ع‎ 5 is خ 6 is ط‎ 7 is ح‎ 9 is ص‎ You can see that the number vaguely …

May 14, 2023 · The long ā in Persian is realised further back than the short a, typically as [ɑː] or [ɒː] compared to [a] or [æ]. As you can see on the IPA vowel chart, that puts it closer to typical …