Lesson 6: Hamza Variants
When the letter Alif in the Arabic alphabet is vowelized, it is called Hamza. According to their appearance in a word, there are four types of Hamza:
Hamza-Alif: [إ] ⠌ (dots 3,4)
Waw-Hamza: [ؤ] ⠳ (dots 1,2,5,6)
Ya-Hamza: [ئ] ⠽ (dots 1,3,4,5,6) and
Hamza: [ء] ⠄ (dot 3)
are represented as such. All are pronounced as ’e’, ‘i’, or ‘u’ according to their vowels. NOTE: In Arabic, the Hamza is written above or below the Alif depending on the situation. For easier reading, this distinction is not made in the Braille alphabet and is written as indicated above.
Hamza-Alif Examples
| Arabic | Braille |
|---|---|
| أَكَلَ | ⠌⠂⠅⠂⠇⠂ |
| سَأَلَ | ⠎⠂⠌⠂⠇⠂ |
| أَحْمَدُ | ⠌⠂⠱⠒⠍⠂⠙⠥ |
| قَرَأَ | ⠟⠂⠗⠂⠌⠂ |
| جُزْأً | ⠚⠥⠵⠒⠌⠆ |
| أَجْمَلَ | ⠌⠂⠚⠒⠍⠂⠇⠂ |
| أَأَنْتُمْ | ⠌⠂⠌⠂⠝⠒⠞⠥⠍⠒ |
| أَإِذاَ | ⠌⠂⠌⠑⠮⠁ |
| أَأُنْزِلَ | ⠌⠂⠌⠥⠝⠒⠵⠑⠇⠂ |
| إِلَيْهِ | ⠌⠑⠇⠂⠊⠒⠓⠑ |
Ya-Hamza Examples
| Arabic | Braille |
|---|---|
| سُئِلَ | ⠎⠥⠽⠑⠇⠂ |
| قُرِئَ | ⠟⠥⠗⠑⠽⠂ |
| لَئِنْ | ⠇⠂⠽⠑⠝⠒ |
| مَلَٰئِكَ | ⠍⠂⠇⠈⠽⠑⠅⠂ |
| جِئْتُ | ⠚⠑⠽⠒⠞⠥ |
| شِئْتَ | ⠩⠑⠽⠒⠞⠂ |
| أُولَٰئِكَ | ⠌⠥⠺⠇⠈⠽⠑⠅⠂ |
| يَئِسَ | ⠊⠂⠽⠑⠎⠂ |
| خاَطِئينَ | ⠭⠁⠾⠑⠽⠊⠝⠂ |
| وَراَئِ | ⠺⠂⠗⠁⠽⠑ |
Waw-Hamza Examples
| Arabic | Braille |
|---|---|
| مُؤْمِنُ | ⠍⠥⠳⠒⠍⠑⠝⠥ |
| مَلَؤُا | ⠍⠂⠇⠂⠳⠥⠁ |
| تُؤْمِنَ | ⠞⠥⠳⠒⠍⠑⠝⠥ |
| يَقْرَؤُ | ⠊⠂⠟⠒⠗⠂⠳⠥ |
| يُنَشَّؤُ | ⠊⠥⠝⠂⠠⠩⠂⠳⠥ |
| رُؤُسَ | ⠗⠥⠳⠬⠎⠂ |
| جاَؤُكَ | ⠚⠁⠳⠬⠅⠂ |
| يَشاَؤُنَ | ⠊⠂⠩⠁⠳⠬⠝⠂ |
| يَسْتَهْزِؤُنَ | ⠊⠂⠎⠒⠞⠂⠓⠒⠵⠑⠳⠬⠝⠂ |
| جَزاَؤُنَ | ⠚⠂⠵⠁⠳⠬⠝⠂ |
| أَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ | ⠌⠂⠌⠥⠝⠂⠠⠃⠑⠽⠥⠅⠥⠍⠒ |
Hamza Examples
| Arabic | Braille |
|---|---|
| جاَءَ | ⠚⠁⠄⠂ |
| سَماَءِ | ⠎⠂⠍⠁⠄⠑ |
| شِتاَءِ | ⠩⠑⠞⠁⠄⠑ |
| شاَءَ | ⠩⠁⠄⠂ |
| بَراَءَ | ⠃⠂⠗⠁⠄⠂ |
| سَواَءٌ | ⠎⠂⠺⠁⠄⠢ |
| يَسْءَلُ | ⠊⠂⠎⠒⠄⠂⠇⠥ |
| نِساَءٌ | ⠝⠑⠎⠁⠄⠢ |
| لَأَمْلَءَنَّ | ⠇⠂⠌⠂⠍⠒⠇⠂⠄⠂⠠⠝⠂ |