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Alphabet • Letters •
by Rezwan on 12/16 at 12:26 AM
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Are you familiar with the Persian alphabet? No? Then you will be happy to know that ajabanzabAn.com has a handy alphabet guide packed with tips to give you a quick overview of the many features and quirks of the Persian alphabet. Aside from that, this website has a few more indepth articles on the alphabet that you can read through. Let’s start with the alphabet as it is usually shown. A list of the letters in detatched form:
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The Persian Alphabet has 32 Letters
In the column to your right is the Persian alphabet with its 32 letters all in a row. You may notice a discrepancy between the letters in a chart and the letters in Persian words. That’s because Persian is a semi-cursive script and the letters take different forms depending on where they are in a word. Here, in fact, are the letters of the alphabet written as one word, with a link to our cursive page to explain more about that:
You may also notice a lack of vowels. That’s because the 3 short vowels (a, e, o) do not have letters corresponding to them. But for now, let’s focus on one important attribute of the alphabet:
The Persian Alphabet is Ordered by SHAPE.
The first letter, Alef, ( آ ) is unique and stands alone.
It is followed by be, pe, te, se -
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