Hans Wehr transliteration

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The Hans Wehr transliteration system is a system for

Hans Wehr dictionary (1952; in English 1961). The system was modified somewhat in the English editions. It is printed in lowercase italics. It marks some consonants using diacritics (underdot, macron below, and caron) rather than digraphs, and writes long vowels with macrons
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The transliteration of the Arabic alphabet:

Letter Name Transliteration Eng. ed.[1]
ء hamza ʼ
ا alif ā
ب bāʼ b
ت tāʼ t
ث ṯāʼ
ج ǧīm ǧ j
ح ḥāʼ
خ ḫāʼ
د dāl d
ذ ḏāl
ر rāʼ r
ز zāy z
س sīn s
ش šīn š
ص ṣād
ض ḍād
ط ṭāʼ
ظ ẓāʼ
ع ʽain ʽ
غ ġain ġ
ف fāʼ f
ق qāf q
ك kāf k
ل lām l
م mīm m
ن nūn n
ه hāʼ h
و wāw w, u, or ū
ي yāʼ y, i, or ī

See also

Notes

  1. ^ English edition (1961, 1994), see "Introduction".

References

  • Wehr, Hans.
    Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
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