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Lesson 11 of 20

Letters of Layyin

Read the soft aw and ay sounds of a silent waw or ya after a fatha.

Noorani Qaida
  • A silent waw or ya after a fatha stays soft, never stretched.
  • بَوْ baw
  • بَيْ bay
  • تَوْ taw
  • تَيْ tay
  • خَوْ khaw
  • خَيْ khay
  • سَوْ saw
  • سَيْ say
  • لَوْ law
  • لَيْ lay
  • مَوْ maw
  • مَيْ may
  • نَوْ naw
  • نَيْ nay
  • كَوْ kaw
  • كَيْ kay
  • لَوْن lawn colour
  • يَوْم yawm day
  • صَوْت ṣawt voice
  • بَيْت bayt house
  • خَيْر khayr good
  • عَيْن ʿayn eye
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