LetterʿAynChange letter
Juju's story: The Open Eye
ʿAyn is an eye looking at you.
ʿAyn looks like a giant eye that is wide open, looking at all the beautiful things in the world. No dots.
Sound: a squeeze deep in the throat. There's no English sound like it, so listen and copy!
Looks like: غ Ghayn. Look at the dots to tell them apart!
Juju's Letter Train: ʿAyn at the start, middle and end
Arabic letters hold hands like a train. Start reading at the engine on the right, then walk back along the train. The letter changes its look in each spot.
← read from the engine
ـعـعـ
عـ
ـعـعـعـ🚋 End🚃 Middle🚂 Start
| عـ | 🚂 Engine (start) The eye is wide open, like a little c. |
| ـعـ | 🚃 Carriage (middle) The eye gets squashed into a tiny closed loop on the track. |
| ـع | 🚋 Caboose (end) The long tail swings back down at the end. |
Words that start with ع
Tap a word to hear it in Arabic, then English.