Muhammad the Liberator of Women — Page xi
xi 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 ); 1 au for و (resembling ou in sound ) 1 In Arabic words like (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu. [Publisher]