American Libraries Association - Library of Congress ALA-LC Romanization Table (Arabic) Arabic Name Roman أ alif hamza إ hamza under Alif ؤ hamza on wāw ئ hamza on yā ء hamza on line ' ا Alif ى Alif آ Alif madda | ب bā b ت tā t ة tā marbuTa ah ث thā th ج jīm j ح Hā خ khā د dāl d ذ thāl dh ر rā r ز zāy z س sīn s ش shīn sh ص Sād ض Dād ط Tā ظ Zā ع 'Ayn غ ghayn gh ف fā f ق qāf q ك kāf k ل lām l م mīm m ن nūn n ه hā h و wāw w ي yā y پ pe p چ che ch ژ zh zh گ gāf g ـَ fatha a ـِ kasra i ـُ damma u ـّ shadda ~ ـْ sukuun & ـً fathatayn an ـٌ dammatayn un ـٍ kasratayn in ، comma , ؛ semicolon ; ـ hyphen - dagger Alif ؟ question mark ?