What would Persian look like if it were written in the Avestan or Syriac alphabet?
| fa-Arab letter | IPA | fa-Avst letter | fa-Syrc letter | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ه, ∅ | /e/ (< i) | 𐬌 | ◌ܸ, ∅ | 𐬐𐬌 (ki), ܟܸ (ke, “that”) |
| ه, ∅ | /æ/ (< a) | 𐬀 | ∅ | 𐬥𐬀 (na), ܢ (n /na/, “no”) |
| و, ∅ | /o/ (< u) | 𐬎 | ∅ | 𐬙𐬎 (tu), ܛ (t /tu/, “you sg”) |
| ی | /iː/ (< ī) | 𐬍 | ܝ | 𐬱𐬍𐬭 (šīr), ܫܝܪ (šyr /šīr/, “milk”) |
| ی | /iː/ (< ē) | 𐬉 | 𐬍 | 𐬱𐬉𐬭 (šēr), ܫܝܪ (šyr /šīr/, “lion”) |
| ا, آ | /ɒː/ (< ā) | 𐬁 | ܐ, ܐܵ | 𐬙𐬁 (tā), ܛܐ (tʾ /tā/, “until”) 𐬁𐬠 (āb), ܐܵܒ (ʾāb /āb/) |
| و | /uː/ (< ō) | 𐬋 | ܘ | 𐬰𐬋𐬭 (zōr), ܙܘܪ (zwr /zōr/, “strong”) |
| و | /uː/ (< ū) | 𐬏 | ܘ | 𐬰𐬏𐬛 (zūd), ܙܘܕ (zwd /zūd/, “early”) |
| ی | /ej/ (<ay) | 𐬈 | ܝ | 𐬐𐬈 (ke), ܟܝ (ky /kay/, “when?”) |
| و | /ow/ (<aw) | 𐬊 | ܘ | 𐬥𐬊 (no), ܢܘ (nw /naw/, “new”) |
| پ | /p/ | 𐬞 | ܦ | 𐬞𐬌𐬛𐬀𐬭 (pidar), ܦܕܪ (pdr /pidar/, “father”) |
| ب | /b/ | 𐬠 | ܒ | 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬭 (barādar), ܒܪܐܕܪ (brʾdr /barādar/, “brother”) |
| ت, ط | /t/ | 𐬙 | ܛ | 𐬙𐬁 (tā), ܛܐ (tʾ /tā/, “until”) |
| د | /d/ | 𐬛 | ܕ | 𐬛𐬏𐬯𐬙 (dūst), ܕܘܣܛ (dwst /dūst/, “friend”) |
| ک | /k/ | 𐬐 | ܟ | 𐬐𐬌𐬱𐬬𐬀𐬭 (kišvar), ܟܫܘܪ (kšwr /kišwar/, “country”) |
| گ | /ɡ/ | 𐬔 | ܓ | 𐬔𐬎𐬭𐬏𐬵 (gurūh), ܓܪܘܗ (grwh /gurūh/, “group”) |
| ع, ء | /ʔ/ | 𐬆 | ܥ | 𐬨𐬀𐬆𐬥𐬁 (maənā), ܡܥܢܐ (mʿnʾ /maʿnā/, “meaning”) |
| چ | /t͡ʃ/ | 𐬗 | ܟ̃ | 𐬗𐬏𐬠 (cūb), ܟ̃ܘܒ (cwb /cūb/, “wood”) |
| ج | /d͡ʒ/ | 𐬘 | ܓ̰ | 𐬘𐬀𐬬𐬁𐬥 (javān), ܓ̰ܘܐܢ (jwʾn /jawān/, “young”) |
| ف | /f/ | 𐬟 | ܦ݂ | 𐬟𐬌𐬱𐬁𐬭 (fišār), ܦ݂ܫܐܪ (p̄šʾr /p̄išār/, “pressure”) |
| و | /v/ | 𐬬 | ܘ | 𐬬𐬍𐬲𐬌 (vīži), ܘܝܙܸ̃ (wyže /wīže/, “special”) |
| س , ص , ث | /s/ | 𐬯 | ܣ | 𐬯𐬁𐬪𐬌 (sāẏi), ܣܐܝܸ (sʾye /sāye/, “shadow”) |
| ز , ذ , ض , ظ | /z/ | 𐬰 | ܙ | 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬛 (āzād), ܐܵܙܐܕ (ʾāzʾd /āzād/, “free”) |
| ش | /ʃ/ | 𐬱 | ܫ | 𐬱𐬁𐬵 (šāh), ܫܐܗ (šʾh /šāh/, “king”) |
| ژ | /ʒ/ | 𐬲 | ܙ̃ | 𐬲𐬁𐬮𐬌 (žāli), ܙ̃ܐܠܸ (žʾle /žāle/, “dew”) |
| خ | /χ/ | 𐬑 | ܟ݂ | 𐬑𐬁𐬥𐬌 (xāni), ܟ݂ܐܢܸ (ḵʾne /ḵāne/, “house”) |
| خو | /χ/ (< xʷ) | 𐬓 | ܟ݂ܘ | 𐬓𐬁𐬠 (xᵛāb), ܟ݂ܘܐܒ (ḵwʾb /ḵāb/, “sleep”) |
| غ | /ɢ/ (< ğ) | 𐬖 | ܓ݂ | 𐬖𐬀𐬭𐬠 (γarb), ܓ݂ܪܒ (ḡrb /ḡarb/, “west”) |
| ق | /ɢ/ (< q) | 𐬕 | ܩ | 𐬕𐬀𐬮𐬀𐬨 (ġalam), ܩܠܡ (qlm /qalam/, “pen”) |
| ه , ح | /h/ | 𐬵 | ܗ | 𐬵𐬀𐬟𐬙 (haft), ܗܦ݂ܛ (hp̄t /hap̄t/, “seven”) |
| م | /m/ | 𐬨 | ܡ | 𐬨𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬭 (mādar), ܡܐܕܪ (mʾdr /mādar/, “mother”) |
| ن | /n/ | 𐬥 | ܢ | 𐬥𐬁𐬥 (nān), ܢܐܢ (nʿn /nān/, “bread”) |
| 𐬢 | 𐬀𐬢𐬔𐬁𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬥 (aŋgāštan), ܐܢܓܐܫܛܢ (ʾngʾštn /angāštan/, “to suppose, imagine”) 𐬌𐬢𐬕𐬌𐬮𐬁𐬠 (iŋġilāb), ܐܢܩܠܐܒ (ʾnqlʾb /inqilāb/, “change, revolution”) | |||
| ل | /l/ | 𐬮 | ܠ | 𐬮𐬀𐬠 (lab), ܠܒ (lb /lab/, “lip”) |
| ر | /ɾ/ | 𐬭 | ܪ | 𐬉𐬭𐬁𐬥 (ērān), ܐܝܪܐܢ (ʾyrʾn /ērān/, “Iran”) |
| ی | /j/ | 𐬪 | ܝ | 𐬪𐬁 (ẏā), ܝܐ (yʾ /yā/, “or”) |
| 𐬉𐬭𐬁𐬥 (ērān) | ܐܝܪܐܢ (ʾyrʾn /ērān/) |
| 𐬙𐬌𐬵𐬭𐬁𐬥 (tihrān) | ܛܗܪܐܢ (thrʾn /tihrān/) |
| 𐬨𐬀𐬱𐬵𐬀𐬛 (mašhad) | ܡܫܗܕ (mšhd /mašhad/) |
| 𐬌𐬯𐬟𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬥 (isfahān) | ܐܣܦ݂ܗܐܢ (ʾsfhʾn /isfahān/) |
| 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬘 (karaj) | ܟܪܓ̰ (krj /karaj/) |
| 𐬙𐬀𐬠𐬭𐬉𐬰 (tabrēz) | ܛܒܪܝܙ (tbryz /tabrēz/) |
| 𐬱𐬉𐬭𐬁𐬰 (šērāz) | ܫܝܪܐܙ (šyrʾz /šērāz/) |
| 𐬀𐬵𐬬𐬁𐬰 (ahvāz) | ܐܗܘܐܙ (ʾhwʾz /ahwāz/) |
| 𐬕𐬎𐬨 (ġum) | ܩܡ (qm /qum/) |
| 𐬐𐬌𐬭𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬱𐬁𐬵 (kirmānšāh) | ܟܪܡܐܢܫܐܗ (krmʾnšʾh /kirmānšāh/) |
| 𐬎𐬭𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬪𐬌𐬵 (urūmīẏih) | ܐܪܘܡܝܝܸ (ʾrwmyye /urūmīye/) |
| 𐬀𐬟𐬖𐬁𐬥𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥 (afγānistān) | ܐܦ݂ܓ݂ܐܢܣܛܐܢ (ʾp̄ḡʾnstʾn /ap̄ḡānistān/) |
| 𐬐𐬁𐬠𐬎𐬮 (kābul) | ܟܐܒܠ (kʾbl /kābul/) |
| 𐬕𐬀𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬭 (ġandahār) | ܩܢܕܗܐܪ (qndhʾr /qandahār/) |
| 𐬵𐬌𐬭𐬁𐬙 (hirāt) | ܗܪܐܛ (hrʾt /hirāt/) |
| 𐬙𐬁𐬘𐬍𐬐𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥 (tājīkistān) | ܛܐܓ̰ܝܟܣܛܐܢ (tʾjykstʾn /tājīkistān/) |
| 𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬥𐬠𐬌 (dušanbi) | ܕܫܢܒܸ (dšnbe /dušanbe/) |