The Arabic Alphabet Flashcards

The Arabic Alphabet flashcards — the free 30

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ا

alif — no consonant of its own; it carries the long vowel ā, or a hamza. Joins only on the right

ب

bāʾ — b

ت

tāʾ — t

ث

thāʾ — th

ج

jīm — j

ح

ḥāʾ — ḥ, an h with a dot under it; a different letter from ه hāʾ

خ

khāʾ — kh

د

dāl — d. Joins only on the right

ذ

dhāl — dh. Joins only on the right

ر

rāʾ — r. Joins only on the right

ز

zāy — z. Joins only on the right

س

sīn — s

ش

shīn — sh

ص

ṣād — ṣ, an s with a dot under it

ض

ḍād — ḍ, a d with a dot under it

ط

ṭāʾ — ṭ, a t with a dot under it

ظ

ẓāʾ — ẓ, a z with a dot under it

ع

ʿayn — ʿ, a left half-ring; keep it distinct from hamza, which is ʾ

غ

ghayn — gh

ف

fāʾ — f

ق

qāf — q; ALA-LC and BGN/PCGN both write it q, and ك kāf is the k

ك

kāf — k

ل

lām — l

م

mīm — m

ن

nūn — n

ه

hāʾ — h

و

wāw — w; it also carries the long vowel ū. Joins only on the right

ي

yāʾ — y; it also carries the long vowel ī

How many letters does the Arabic alphabet have, and what do they stand for?

28 — all consonants. Short vowels are diacritics above or below the line, not letters

How many shapes can one Arabic letter take?

Up to four — initial, medial and final when joined, plus an independent form when it stands alone

The Arabic Alphabet flashcards — questions people ask

How many cards are in the The Arabic Alphabet flashcard deck?

The The Arabic Alphabet deck on PuzzlePage has 33 cards. The first 30 are free to play and free to download with no account; the remaining 3 unlock for $2.99 as a one-time payment, or with the $11.99-a-month Study Pack, which covers every deck on the site. 33 cards — the Arabic alphabet is a closed set of exactly 28 letters, one card each, plus five cards on how the script works. The alphabet has 28 letters and no more, so the deck stops at 28 rather than being padded out.

What is on the the arabic alphabet flashcards?

The 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet, each shown in its independent form and answered with the letter's name and its Library of Congress ALA-LC romanization. Cards look like this: ا → alif — no consonant of its own; it carries the long vowel ā, or a hamza. Joins only on the right; ب → bāʾ — b. The deck is written for grades 6–12 and filed under world languages.

Can I study the arabic alphabet flashcards online for free?

Yes. The first 30 cards of the The Arabic Alphabet deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.

Are the the arabic alphabet flashcards accurate?

Every card in the The Arabic Alphabet deck cites two independent published sources — two different organisations, not a standards body and a site reprinting it — and a script checks that, rather than taking the writer's word for it. A second specialist then re-verified the deck against sources of their own, without reading the citations first. That is the difference from a user-generated flashcard site, where the cards are whatever a stranger typed and nobody is accountable for them.

Can I print the the arabic alphabet flashcards?

Yes. The The Arabic Alphabet cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The first 30 cards are free to download; the full 33-card printable is included in the $11.99-a-month Study Pack.

How should I use the The Arabic Alphabet deck to revise?

Start in practice mode and go through the The Arabic Alphabet deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.

What grade level are the the arabic alphabet flashcards for?

The The Arabic Alphabet deck is written for grades 6–12. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising world languages, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.