Letter 2 of 28
How Do You Pronounce Ba (ب)?
ب
Baبَاء
B as in book.
The sound
Exactly the English b in book or boy. The lips press together and release.
Recognise it by its single dot below the boat-shaped body. Its sisters ta and tha share the body and differ only in dots.
The four written forms
Arabic letters change shape by position, alone, at the start, in the middle, and at the end of a word.
ب
Isolated
ب
Initial
ب
Medial
ب
Final
Ba with harakat
The three short vowels: fatha says "a", kasra says "i", damma says "u".
بَ
ba
Fatha · "a"
بِ
bi
Kasra · "i"
بُ
bu
Damma · "u"
Spot it in the Quran
بِسْمِ
bismi
in the name of
رَبِّ
rabbi
Lord of
كِتَابٌ
kitab
book
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