{"id":19,"date":"2009-02-14T05:40:30","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T09:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=15"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:43:01","slug":"the-arabic-sun-and-moon-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-arabic-sun-and-moon-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arabic Sun and Moon Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arabic alphabet (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u062c\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span>) contains 28 letters, which are classified into 14 sun letters (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0645\u0633\u064a\u0629<\/span>) and 14 moon letters (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0629<\/span>). This classification is based on the way these letters affect the pronunciation of the definite article (<\/span>\u0627\u0644<\/span>) at the beginning of words. The definite article is assimilated into the sun letters and loses its distinctive sound. As a result, the sound at the beginning of the word is doubled. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 14 sun letters are: (The 14 sun letters are <\/span>\ufee5<\/span> ,<\/span>\ufedd ,\ufec5 ,\ufec1<\/span>\ufebd ,\ufeb9 ,\ufeb5 ,\ufeb1 ,\ufeaf ,\ufead ,\ufeab ,\ufea9 ,\ufe99 ,\ufe95<\/span>). <\/span><\/p>\n

Examples of words that begin with sun letters are: <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u062c<\/span>) \/at-taj\/ \u201cthe crown\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u062b\u0644\u062c<\/span>) \/ath-thalj\/ \u201cthe ice\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0628<\/span>) \/ad-dub\/ \u201cthe bear\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0631\u062c\u0644<\/span>) \/ar-rajul\/ \u201cthe man\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0631\u062c\u0644<\/span>) \/ar-rajul\/ \u201cthe man\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0632\u0645\u0646<\/span>) \/az-zaman\/ \u201cthe time\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0645\u0633<\/span>) \/ash-shams\/ \u201cthe sun\u201d, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The definite article retains its distinctive sound when it comes before one of the moon letters. The 14 sun letters are: <\/span><\/p>\n

The 14 moon letters are: ( <\/span>\u0647 ,\ufef1 ,\ufeed ,\ufee1 ,\ufed9 ,\ufed5 ,\ufed1 ,\ufecd ,\ufec9 ,\ufea5 ,\ufea1 ,\ufe9d<\/span> ,<\/span>\ufe8f ,\u0623<\/span>). <\/span><\/p>\n

Examples of words that begin with moon letters are:<\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628<\/span>) \/al-abb\/ \u201cthe father\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0628<\/span>) \/al-bab\/ \u201cthe door\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u0627\u0631<\/span>) \/al-jadaar\/ \u201cthe wall\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633<\/span>) \/al-faaris\/ \u201cthe knight\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631<\/span>) \/al-maTar\/ \u201cthe rain\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0644\u0627\u0645<\/span>) \/al-kalaam\/ \u201cthe speech\u201d, <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0631\u062f<\/span>) \/al-ward\/ \u201cthe rose\u201d, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The following image shows the sun letters in red and the moon letters in black. Source wikipedia.org<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Arabic alphabet (\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u062c\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629) contains 28 letters, which are classified into 14 sun letters (\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0645\u0633\u064a\u0629) and 14 moon letters (\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0629). This classification is based on the way these letters affect the pronunciation of the definite article (\u0627\u0644) at the beginning of words. The definite article is assimilated into the sun letters and…<\/p>\n

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