The Light of Truth — Page xix
PUBLISHER'S NOTE xix In general, we have adopted the following system established by the Royal Asiatic Society for our transliteration. 1 at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a, i, u preceded by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word honour. th – pronounced like th in the English word thing. بح - a guttural aspirate, stronger than h. kh – pronounced like the Scottish ch in loch. ذdh – pronounced like the English th in that. ؟ ص - strongly articulated s. ضd – similar to the English th in this. ط - strongly articulated palatal t. جظ – strongly articulated z. ع غ a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. a sound similar to the French r in grasseye, and to the German v. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the 'gar- gling' position to pronounce it. قq - a deep guttural k sound. ء '- a sort of catch in the voice. Short vowels are represented by: a for i for и for و Long vowels by: (like u in bud). (like i in bid). (like oo in wood). ā for or آ )like a in father(. for or (like ee in deep). 1 for 6 (like oo in root).