An Elementary Study of Islam — Page x
x غ gh, a sound approached very nearly in the r grasseye in French, and in the German r. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the ‘gargling’ position whilst pronouncing it. ق q, a deep guttural k sound. ئ ’, a sort of catch in the voice. Short vowels are represented by: a for (like u in bud ) i for (like i in bid ) u for (like oo in wood ) Long vowels by: ā for or (like a in father ); ī for or (like ee in deep ); ū for و (like oo in root ); Other: ai for (like i in site )*; au for و (resembling ou in sound ) Please note that in transliterated words the letter e is to be pronounced as in prey which rhymes with day ; however the pronunciation is flat without the element of English diphthong. If in Urdu and Persian words e is lengthened a bit more, it is transliterated as ei to be pronounced as ei in feign without the element of diphthong. * In Arabic words like (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu.