Bahá’í Glossary by Marzieh Gail

Bahá’í Glossary

Marzieh Gail

Guide to transliteration and pronunciation of the
Persian alphabet, together with the numerical value
of the letters (Abjad reckoning)*

Letter	Transliteration	Pronunciation	Numerical Value
ﺍ	á, a	arm, cat	1
ﺏ	b	b	2
	p	p
ت	t	t	400
ث	th	see	500
ج	j	John	3
چ	ch	church
ح	ḥ	h	8
خ	kh	loch	600
د	d	d	4
ذ	dh	z	700
ر	r	r	200
ز	z	z	7
ڎ	zh	pleasure
س	s	so	60
ش	sh	she	300
ص	ṣ	so	90
ض	ḍ	z	800
ط	ṭ	t	9
ظ	ẓ	z	900
ع	‘	silent “uh”	70
غ	gh	get	1000
ف	f	f	80
ق	q	get	100
ك	k	k	20
ﮚ	g	get
ل	l	l	30
م	m	m	40
ن	n	n	50
و	v, ú	v, oo	6
ھ	h	h	5
ى	y, í	yes, ee	10
‘	‘	silent “uh”	1

* The non-Arabic letters in the Persian alphabet have no abjad value.

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