Update Date: October 17, 2024
In this post, we, the GetBookOnline.com team of native Persian teachers focus on another letter of the Persian alphabet which is the letter ع. It is called the letter Ein in Farsi and has a specific shape that makes it distinguished from other letters. Writing and pronouncing the letter Ein is challenging but practice makes perfect, so don’t worry.
Ein is the 21st letter of the Persian alphabet and it comes from the throat. It looks strange, doesn’t it? At first, you probably need to practice hard and wait to master it. We are here to help you, and if you think that you need an online Persian language course please let us know. We are ready to make learning enjoyable. Please scroll down to learn how to write the letter Ein in Farsi and discover its specific shapes that change based on their positions in Farsi words. Let’s get started.
Shapes of Letter Ein in Farsi- ع
Letter Ein in Farsi alphabet, like many Farsi letters, takes different shapes based on its position in Farsi words, including:
- عـ
- ـعـ
- ـع
- ع
Letter Ein in Farsi- عـ
This shape of the letter Ein in Farsi comes at the beginning of words. It joins the letters after it but cannot attach to the letters after it. Consider عصا which means walking stick as an example. In this word, the letter Ein is attached to the letter Sād. Sometimes it comes in the middle of a word however it doesn’t join the letter before it, like دعا which means pray. The letters د and عـ don’t attach to each other.
Letter Ein in Farsi- ـعـ
This shape of the letter Ein in Farsi comes in the middle of Persian words and acts like a bridge and connects the letters before and after it to make a word. Look carefully at the position of this shape of the letter Ein in this word: شعر which means poetry. It joins the letterش and ر.
Letter Ein in Farsi- ـع
This shape of the letter Ein in Farsi appears at the end of the words while it joins the letter before it. Consider جمع as an example; in this word, the letter Ein is attached to the letter م. The word جمع has different meanings like gathering, plural, and total and its meaning will change based on its application in the words.
Letter Ein in Farsi- ع
The last shape of the letter Ein in Farsi that stands alone and never joins the letters before and after it is ع. You can find it at the end of the word شجاع which means brave. In this word, the letter ع prefers to give hand to no letter.
The End of Story- Letter Ein in Farsi
Dear readers, in this post we tried to help you learn how to write and pronounce the letter Ein in Farsi and find some Persian words that include this letter. Please keep practicing and feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this lesson; we will answer your questions as soon as possible.
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