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Wish to know what are the consonants present in Urdu language? In articulatory phonetics, the Urdu consonant is usually a speech sound which is articulated with complete or simply partial closure in the vocal region. The word consonant is additionally employed to make reference to a letter of the Urdu alphabet that indicates a consonant sound. Learn More
Urdu Consonants Chart
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Urdu Consonants in Alphabet
| Final | Medial | Initial | Isolated | Transliteration | Urdu Name |
| ﺎ | ﺎ | ا | ا | a, i, ʔ | آلِف |
| ﺐ | ﺒ | ﺑ | ب | b | بے |
| ﭗ | ﭙ | ﭘ | پ | p | پے |
| ﺖ | ﺘ | ﺗ | ت | t | تے |
| ﭧ | ﭩ | ﭨ | ٹ | ṭ | ٹے |
| ﺚ | ﺜ | ﺛ | ث | ṡ | ثے |
| ﭻ | ﭽ | ﭼ | چ | c | چے |
| ﺢ | ﺤ | ﺣ | ح | h | بَڑى حے |
| ﺦ | ﺨ | ﺧ | خ | kh | خے |
| ﺪ | ﺪ | ﺩ | ﺩ | d | دال |
| ﮉ | ﮉ | ﮈ | ﮈ | ḍ | ڈال |
| ﺬ | ﺬ | ﺬ | ﺬ | ż | ذال |
| ﺮ | ﺮ | ﺭ | ﺭ | r | رے |
| ﮍ | ﮍ | ﮌ | ﮌ | ṛ | ڑے |
| ﺰ | ﺰ | ﺯ | ﺯ | z | زے |
| ﮋ | ﮋ | ﮊ | ﮊ | zh | ژے |
| ﺲ | ﺴ | ﺳ | ﺱ | s | سِين |
| ﺶ | ﺸ | ﺷ | ﺵ | ś | شِين |
| ﺺ | ﺼ | ﺻ | ﺹ | s | صُاد |
| ﺾ | ﻀ | ﺿ | ﺽ | ẓ | ضُاد |
| ﻂ | ﻄ | ﻃ | ﻁ | t | طوے |
| ﻆ | ﻈ | ﻇ | ﻅ | z | ظوے |
| ﻊ | ﻌ | ﻋ | ﻉ | ‘a, ʔ | عَين |
| ﻎ | ﻐ | ﻏ | ﻍ | gh | غَين |
| ﻒ | ﻔ | ﻓ | ﻑ | f | فے |
| ﻖ | ﻘ | ﻗ | ﻕ | q | قَاف |
| ﻚ،ﮏ | ﻜ | ﻛ | ﻙ،ﮎ | k | كَاف |
| ﮓ | ﮕ | ﮔ | ﮒ | g | گَاف |
| ﻞ | ﻠ | ﻠ | ﻝ | l | لاَل |
| ﻢ | ﻤ | ﻣ | ﻡ | m | مِيم |
| ﻦ | ﻨ | ﻧ | ﻥ | n | نوْن |
| ﻮ | ﻮ | ﻭ | ﻭ | v, o, ū | وَاو |
| ﮧ | ﮩ | ﮨ | ﮦ | h | چهوٹى ەے |
| ﮫ | ﮭ | ﮬ | ﮪ | asp. | دو چَشمى ەے |
| ﺀ | ﺌ | ﺋ | ﺀ | - | ەَمزَه |
| ﻰ | ﻴ | ﻳ | ﻯ | y, ī | چهوٹى يے |
| ﮮ | ﻴ | ﻳ | ﮯ | y, e | بَڑى يے |
| So why are there 5 z's, etc.?! - The letters ق,غ,ع,ظ,ط,ض,ص,ژ,ذ,خ,ح,ث are exclusively Persian (Fārsi) or Arabic sounds. As such; the Arabic sounds especially, are pronounced with the closest Indic equivalent. Thus, to illustrate: the Arabic ث (θ) is pronounced as س, and the Arabic ذ (ð) is pronounced as ز. A rare Urdu letter unique to Persian and Persian loan words is ژ, which is pronounced as the Russian ж, or s in pleasure. | |||||
| Aspiration | |||||
| To make aspirated letters in Urdu the do chashmī he is added to the letter it aspirates. In Nastaliq, the do chashmī he, lit. meaning "two-eyed he" looks like this: ﻬ. Unfortunately unicode only supports this character as it exists in Arabic; therefore the Urdu Naskh will have to suffice. | |||||
| Final | Medial | Initial | Isolated | Devanagari | |
| ﮫﺒ | ﮭﺒ | ﮭﺑ | ﮫﺑ | bh | |
| ﮫﭙ | ﮭﭙ | ﮭﭘ | ﮫﭘ | ph | |
| ﮫﺘ | ﮭﺘ | ﮭﺗ | ﮫﺗ | th | |
| ﮫﭩ | ﮭﭩ | ﮭﭨ | ﮫﭨ | ṭh | |
| ﮫﺨ | ﮭﺨ | ﮭﺧ | ﮫﺧ | jh | |
| ﮫﭽ | ﮭﭽ | ﮭﭼ | ﮫﭼ | ch | |
| ﮫﺪ | ﮭﺪ | ﮭﺩ | ﮫﺩ | dh | |
| ﮫﮉ | ﮭﮉ | ﮭﮈ | ﮫﮈ | ḍh | |
| ﮫﮍ | ﮭﮍ | ﮭﮌ | ﮫﮌ | ṛh | |
| ﮫﮑ | ﮭﮑ | ﮭﮐ | ﮫﮐ | kh | |
| ﮫﮕ | ﮭﮕ | ﮭﮔ | ﮫﮔ | gh |
Urdu Diphthongs in Alphabet
Select the links directly below to see a list of useful Urdu holiday words which you’ll find structured by theme. For each holiday word or phrase in Urdu, there’ll be the actual English translation.
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