Liaison office of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al Sistani (L.M.H.L) in London, Europe, North and South America.
Transcription
Transcription for the romanization of the arabic terms we used the following transcription.
| ا | ā | as in "argue" |
| ب | b | as in "book" |
| ت | t | as in "today" |
| ث | th | as in "three" |
| ج | ğ | as in "journey" |
| ح | h | a hoarse guttural sound |
| خ | kh | similiar to the Spanish J as in "Juan" |
| د | d | as in "destiny" |
| ذ | dh | as in "the" |
| ر | r | a rolled R, similar to the Spanish R |
| ز | z | as in "zinc" |
| س | s | as in "self" |
| ش | sh | as in "short" |
| ص | s | an emphatic S, that is pronounced deeper |
| ض |
d |
an emphatic D, that is pronounced deeper |
| ط | ṯ | an emphatic T, that is pronounced deeper |
| ظ | dh | a "th", that is pronounced deeper, as in "those" |
| ع | ´ | a strained guttural sound, produced by contracting the muscles in the throat |
| غ | gh | similar to the French R as in "ratatouille" |
| ف | f | as in "film" |
| ق | q | an emphatic Q, that is pronounced deeper |
| ك | k | as in "castle" |
| ل | l | as in "life" |
| م | m | as in "mother" |
| ن | n | as in "never" |
| ه | h | as in "help" |
| و | w | as in "when" |
| و |
ū |
as in "moon" |
| يـ | y | as in "yellow" |
| ي | ī | as in "me" |
| ء | ' | a glottal stop |