ع and غ
Hear the voiced throat onset and back friction.
About this unit
ع is a consonant made by squeezing the throat, not a vowel. غ is a soft gargled gh.
- ع
ʿayn: tight, with a buzzعَيْن · eye - غ
gh: a gargle, with a buzzغُرَاب · crow
One letter, several shapes
A letter's shape depends on its neighbours. At the start it joins only the next letter, in the middle both neighbours, at the end only the letter before it.
غ is ع with one dot above.
عَيْن, eye, starts with ع: listen for the squeeze before the vowel.
More words to read
عِنَب
grapesʿinabغَار
caveghārغَنَم
sheepghanamمِلْعَقَة
spoonmilʿaqaلُغَة
languagelughaReading tips
ع is a voiced pharyngeal consonant in MSA, not an unwritten vowel. غ adds an upper dot to the skeleton and has a different back friction sound.
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Hear the voiced throat onset and back friction.
عَيْن
eyeعِنَب
grapesغَار
caveغَنَم
sheep
غُرَاب
crowمِلْعَقَة
spoonلُغَة
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Standard Arabic keyboard or course tiles. Enter logical letters; the font shapes joins. Numbers retain normal digit order. Optional vowel marks are separate inputs.
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