Sep 8, 2010
The Lebanese Alphabet
| Letter | Solar or Lunar | Pronunciation in English | 2 Examples in Lebanese | Listen | Their meaning in English | |||
| ` Alef |
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ء | 'a | Lunar | The beginning sound in “If” | `maar, War`a |
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Moons, Paper |
| A |
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ا | A | Lunar | A in Car or Cat | Alam, Mara |
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Pen, Woman |
| B |
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ﺏ | Be | Lunar | B in Bed | Balad, Traab |
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Country, Soil |
| C |
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ﺵ | Ce | Solar | Sh in She | Cajra, Micwaar |
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Tree, Trip |
| D |
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ﺩ | De | Solar | D in Door | Dibb, Adab |
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Bear, Literature |
| Ḋ |
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ﺽ | Ḋa | Solar | Hard D | Ḋaww, Bayḋa |
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Light, Egg |
| E |
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N/A | Ee | Lunar | “a” in care or “ai” in fair | Elib, Wled |
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Cast, Children |
| F |
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ف | Fe | Lunar | F in frog | Faara, Caraf |
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Mouse, Honor |
| G |
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N/A | Ge | Lunar | G in Glass | Gilal, Argiili |
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Marbles, Water pipe |
| Ġ |
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ﻍ | Ġe | Lunar | G without closing air flow | Ġariib, Ciġil |
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Strange, Work |
| H |
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ﻩ | Ha | Lunar | H in home | Hawa, Nahir |
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Air, River |
| Ḣ |
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ﺡ | Ḣa | Lunar | Hard H | Ḣilo, Baḣir |
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Beautiful, Sea |
| I |
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ﻱ | I | Lunar | I in Intersect | Imm, Sinn |
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Mother, Tooth |
| II |
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ﻱ | II | Lunar | “ee” in feed or “ea” in seal | Iid, Akiid |
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Hand, Sure |
| J |
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ﺝ | Je | Lunar | G in Beige (J without d sound) | Jabal, Rijjel |
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Mountain, Man |
| K |
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ﻙ | Ke | Lunar | K in book | Kalib, Akil |
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Dog, Food |
| Ḱ |
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ﺥ | Ḱa | Lunar | J in Spanish, Ch in German | Ḱibiz, Taḱit |
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Bread, Bed |
| L |
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ﻝ | Le | Solar | L in land | Laban, Walad |
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Yogurt, Child |
| M |
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ﻡ | Me | Lunar | M in man | Mreyi, Namli |
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Mirror, Ant |
| N |
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ن | Ne | Solar | N in name | Naḣli, Janni |
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Bee, Paradise |
| O |
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ﻭ | O | Lunar | O in open | Oroppa, Loz |
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Europe, Almond |
| P |
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N/A | Pe | Lunar | P in Peter | Pliiz, Flipper*** |
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Please, Pinball |
| Q |
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ﻕ | Qa | Lunar | Hard K * | Qaarra, Iiqaax |
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Continent, Rhythm |
| R |
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ﺭ | Ra | Solar | R in orange | Raas, Mrabba |
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Head, Jam |
| S |
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ﺱ | Sa | Solar | S in Sam | Samki, Rasmi |
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Fish, Drawing |
| Ṡ |
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ﺹ | Ṡa | Solar | Hard S | Ṡura, Raṡiif |
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Picture, Pavement |
| T |
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ﺕ | Te | Solar | T in toy | Talij, Zaytun |
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Snow, Olive |
| Ṫ |
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ﻁ | Ṫa | Solar | Hard T | Ṫawiil, Maṫaar |
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Tall, Airport |
| U |
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ﻭ | U | Lunar | oo in moon, u in June | Uḋa, Ṫawus |
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Room, Peacock |
| V |
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N/A | Ve | Lunar | V in Victor | Viidyo***, Bravo** |
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Video, Bravo |
| W |
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ﻭ | We | Lunar | W in word | Wardi, Maw`af |
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Flower, Parking |
| X |
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ﻉ | Xa | Lunar | A stretching tongue base | Xacra, Lixbi |
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Ten, Toy |
| Y |
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ﻱ | Ye | Lunar | Y in yellow | Yamiin, Laymun |
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Right, Oranges |
| Z |
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ﺯ | Ze | Solar | Z in Zebra | Zġiir, Lawzi |
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Small, Almond |
| Ż |
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ﻅ (N/A) | Ża | Solar | Hard Z | Żarif, Buża |
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Envelope, Icecream |
Note: Letters showing an Arabic Letter and an N/A nest to it, shows a letter with the closest pronunciation but not an exact counterpart.
