و

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و / وـ / ـوـ / ـو

و / وـ / ـوـ / ـو • (vâv)

وـ (canonical)
ـوـ (canonical)
ـو (canonical)
vâv (romanization)

The thirtieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن and followed by ه. Its name is واو.


ر

The twelfth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ذ and followed by ز. Its name is ره or رِ.


ا

ـا or ا • (â or ∅)

The first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is اَلِف (alef).


ب

ب / ب / ب / ب

The second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ا and followed by پ. Its name is به (be) or بِ (be).


ت

ت / ت / ت / ت

The fourth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by پ and followed by ث. Its name is ته or تِ.


پ

From ب (b) with three dots instead of one, added to the Arabic alphabet in the creation of the Perso-Arabic script in order to accommodate the /p/ phoneme of Persian missing from Arabic.

بای فارسی
بای فارسی#Persian

The third letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its names are په (pe), پِ (pe), and بای فارسی (bâ-ye fârsi, “the Persian ب bāʾ”).

Arabic alphabet
Perso-Arabic script
fa:پ

چ

Other letters created for the Perso-Arabic script


أ

The first letter of the Persian alphabet.


گ

گ / ﮔ / ﮕ / ﮓ

ﮔ (canonical)
ﮕ (canonical)
ﮓ (canonical)
gâf (romanization)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ک and followed by ل. Its name is گاف.


ک

ک / کـ / ـکـ / ـک

ک / کـ / ـکـ / ـک • (kâf)

کـ (canonical)
ـکـ (canonical)
ـک (canonical)
kâf (romanization)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ق and followed by گ. Its name is کاف.


خ

خ / خ / خ / خ

The ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ح and followed by د.


ظ

ظ / ظ / ظ / ظ

The twentieth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط and followed by ع. Its name is ظا.


ض

ض / ض / ض / ض

ضوات ضوات#Persian

ضواد ضواد#Persian

The eighteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص and followed by ط. Its name is ضاد (zâd), In Dari it may also go by the names ضوات (zwât) and ضواد (zwâd, zwâd).


غ

غ / غ / غ / غ

The twenty-second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع and followed by ف. Its name is غین.


ث

ث / ث / ث / ث

The fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ت and followed by ج. Its name is ثه or ثِ.


ط

ط / ط / ط / ط

ط / ط / ط / ط • (tâ)

The nineteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ض and followed by ظ. Its name is طا.


ن

ن / نـ / ـنـ / ـن

ن / نـ / ـنـ / ـن • (nun)

نـ (canonical)
ـنـ (canonical)
ـن (canonical)
nun (romanization)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by م and followed by و. Its name is نون.


ذ

From the Arabic letter of the same form, with the phonetic value [ð].

The eleventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذال (zâl).


ی

ی / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ

ﻳ (canonical)
ﻴ (canonical)
ﯽ (canonical)
ye (romanization)

Earlier version of ي (y) without إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām, “letter dots”) in the final form.

The thirty-second and final letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه. Its name is یه (ye), یی (yē) or یا (yâ).


ز

ﺯ / ﺯ / ﺰ / ﺰ

ﺯ (canonical)
ﺰ (canonical)
ze (romanization)

The thirteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر and followed by ژ. Its name is زه or زِ.


ق

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ـق

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ـق • (qâf)

قـ (canonical)
ـقـ (canonical)
ـق (canonical)
qâf (romanization)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف and followed by ک. Its name is قاف.


ش

The sixteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by س and followed by ص. Its name is شین.


د

The tenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by خ and followed by ذ. Its name is دال.


ح

حـ / ـحـ / ـح / ح

حـ / ـحـ / ـح / ح • (h)

حـ (canonical)
ـحـ (canonical)
ـح (canonical)
h (romanization)

The eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by چ and followed by خ. Its name is حِ (he) or حی (hē).


ص

ص / ص / ص / ص

صواد صواد#Persian

The seventeenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ش and followed by ض. Its name in Iranian Persian is صاد, in Dari its name is صواد.


ج

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jîm)

جـ (canonical)
ـجـ (canonical)
ـج (canonical)
jîm (romanization)

The sixth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ث and followed by چ. Its name is جیم.


س

ﺱ / ﺳ / ﺴ / ﺲ

ﺱ (canonical)
ﺳ (canonical)
ﺴ (canonical)
ﺲ (canonical)
sin (romanization)

The fifteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ژ and followed by ش. Its name is سین.


ف

ف / ف / ف / ف

The twenty-third letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ and followed by ق. Its name is فه or فِ.


ع

عـ / ـعـ / ـع / ع

عـ (canonical)
ـعـ (canonical)
ـع (canonical)
'ayn (romanization)
'eyn (romanization)

The twenty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ and followed by غ. Its name is عین.


م

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم

م / مـ / ـمـ / ـم • (mim)

مـ (canonical)
ـمـ (canonical)
ـم (canonical)
mim (romanization)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل and followed by ن. Its name is میم (mim).


ه

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he)

هـ (canonical)
ـهـ (canonical)
ـه (canonical)
he (romanization)

The thirty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و and followed by ی. Its name is هه/هِ (in Iran) or هی (Classical Persian and Dari).


ل

ل / لـ / ـلـ / ـل

ل / لـ / ـلـ / ـل • (lâm)

لـ (canonical)
ـلـ (canonical)
ـل (canonical)
lâm (romanization)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by گ and followed by م. Its name is لام.


ژ

ژ / ژ / ﮋ / ﮋ

ژ / ژ / ﮋ / ﮋ • (že)

The fourteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ز and followed by س. Its name is ژه or ژِ.


چ

ﭺ / ﭼ / ﭽ / ﭻ

ﭺ / ﭼ / ﭽ / ﭻ • (če)

ﭺ (canonical)
ﭼ (canonical)
ﭽ (canonical)
ﭻ (canonical)
če (romanization)

The seventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ج and followed by ح. Its name is چه or چِ.


ء

همزه همزه#Persian

همزه (hamze/hamza, “Hamza”) – a character representing a glottal stop. It is considered a letter but is not counted as part of the Persian alphabet.


آ

کلاه کلاه#Persian

â-ye bâ-kolâh (آی باکلاه = Alef with hat)


ے

Punjabi: ے (e)

Urdu: ے (e)

Balti: ے

Burushaski: ے

Kashmiri: ے (ē)

آمدی

آمدے

شیری ― šērī ― lion-like, leonine

شیرے ― šērē ― a lion, one lion

(India) Alternative form of word-final ی, used specifically to represent word-final /eː/.


(Classical Persian, Dari) pēš a short vowel diacritic, representing a 'short u'. It also indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wâw)

(Iran) piš a vowel diacritic indicating an 'o' sound.


ڤ

(obsolete) A letter used in some Early New Persian manuscripts to denote a bilabial fricative.


ݿ

ػ / ݿـ / ـݿـ/ ـݿ

ػ / ݿـ / ـݿـ/ ـݿ • (gâf)

ػ (canonical)
ݿـ (canonical)
ـݿـ (canonical)
ـݿ (canonical)
gâf (romanization)

The alternative version of the twenty-sixth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet.


خانهٔ بزرگ (spelled with a hamze diacritic)

خانهی بزرگ (spelled with a a non-connecting ye)

signifies that an ezâfe follows after letter ه "he"