The Economic System of Islam — Page 143
Publishers’ Note 143 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: a for or (like a in father ); i for ی or (like ee in deep ); u for و (like oo in root ); Other: ai for ی (like i in site ); 27 au for و (resembling ou in sound ) Please note that in transliterated words the letter e is to be pro- nounced as in prey which rhymes with day ; however the pronuncia- tion 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. 27 In Arabic words like (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu. (publishers)