Arabic letter Dhaal (ذ)

ذ is one of the six letters that never join the letter after them, so it really only has two looks: plain (alone or at the start) and joined from the right (middle or end).

• ذAloneon its own
• ذStartsame as alone
• ‍ذMiddlesame as the end
• ‍ذEndjoined from the right

Add a little vowel mark and ذ becomes a sound you can say. Fatha on top says a, kasra underneath says i, and damma on top says u. Tap each one.

• ذَdhaFatha
• ذِdhiKasra
• ذُdhuDamma

Coral = fatha (a), blue = kasra (i), green = damma (u). How harakat work →

• ذُرَة

  dhurah

  corn

  Hear it
• 🐺

  ذِئْب

  dhi'b

  wolf

  Hear it
• 🪰

  ذُبَابَة

  dhubabah

  fly

  Hear it

Same shape as د — ذ has one dot on top.