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1. Arabic
Letters of the Alphabet
Initial Medial Final Alone Romanization
omit (see Note ‫)ڤ‬
b
t
th
j
kh
d
dh
r
z
s
sh
ṣ
ḍ
ẓ
(ayn)
gh
f (see Note ‫)ڥ‬
q (see Note ‫)ڥ‬
k
l
m
n
، ، h (see Note 3)
w
y
Vowels and Diphthongs
◌ a ◌ ‫ﻣ‬ (see Rule 5) ◌ ī
◌ u ◌ ‫ﻃ‬ (see Rule 6(a)) ◌ aw
◌ i ◌ ū ◌ ay

2. Letters Representing Non-Arabic Consonants
This list is not exhaustive. It should be noted that a letter in this group may have more than one
phonetic value, depending on the country or area where it is used, and that the romanization will
vary accordingly.
‫گ‬ g ‫چ‬ ch v
‫ڴ‬ ‫ﻓ‬ ‫چ‬ zh ‫ۋ‬ v
‫پ‬ p ‫ژ‬ zh v
Notes
‫ڤ‬. For the use of alif to support hamzah, see rule ‫ڥ‬. For the romanization of hamzah by the
consonantal sign (alif), see rule 8(a). For other orthographic uses of alif see rules 3-5.
‫ڥ‬. The Maghribī variations ‫ڢ‬ and ‫ڧ‬ are romanized f and q respectively.
3. in a word in the construct state is romanized t. See rule 7(b).
RULES OF APPLICATION
Arabic Letters Romanized in Different Ways Depending on Their Context
‫ڤ‬. As indicated in the table, and may represent:
(a) The consonants romanized w and y, respectively.
waḍ
iwaḍ ‫ض‬
dalw
yad
iyal
ahy
(b) The long vowels romanized ū, ī, and ‫ﻣ‬ respectively.
ūl‫ﻃ‬
ṣūrah
dhū
īm‫ﻣ‬n
jīl
fī
kit‫ﻣ‬b
sa ‫ﻣ‬b
jum‫ﻣ‬n

3. See also rules ‫(ڤڤ‬a) and ‫(ڤڤ‬b)(‫ڤ‬-‫)ڥ‬.
(c) The diphthongs romanized aw and ay, respectively.
awj
nawm
law
aysar
shaykh
aynay
See also rules ‫(ڤڤ‬a)(‫)ڥ‬ and ‫(ڤڤ‬b)(3).
‫ڥ‬. (alif), and when used to support (hamzah) are not represented in romanization.
See rule 8(a).
3. (alif) when used to support waṣlah ( ‫ٱ‬ ) and maddah ( ) is not represented in
romanization. See rules 9 and ‫ڤ‬0.
4. (alif) and when used as orthographic signs without phonetic significance are not
represented in romanization.
fa alū
ul‫ﻣ‬ ika
ūqīyah
See also rule ‫ڥڤ‬ and examples cited in rules ‫ڥ‬3-‫ڥ‬6.
5. (alif) is used to represent the long vowel romanized ‫ﻣ‬, as indicated in the table.
f‫ﻣ‬ il
riḍ‫ﻣ‬
This alif, when medial, is sometimes omitted in Arabic; it is always indicated in
romanization. See rule ‫ڤ‬9.
6. Final appears in the following special cases:
(a) As ◌ (alif maqṣūrah) used in place of ◌ to represent the long vowel romanized ‫ﻣ‬.
att‫ﻃ‬ ّ
maḍ‫ﻃ‬
kubr‫ﻃ‬
Ya y‫ﻃ‬
musamm‫ﻃ‬ ّ
Muṣ af‫ﻃ‬

4. (b) As ◌ in nouns and adjectives of the form f‫ﻣ‬ īl which are derived from defective
roots. This ending is romanized ī, not īy, without regard to the presence of ◌
(shaddah). See rule ‫(ڤڤ‬b)(‫)ڥ‬.
Raḍī al-Dīn
Compare the fa īl form of the same root [without shaddah] al-Raḍī.
(c) As ◌ in the relative adjective (nisbah). The ending, like (b) above, is romanized ī,
not īy.
al-Miṣrī
Compare al-Miṣrīyah and see rule ‫(ڤڤ‬b)(‫)ڤ‬.
7. (t‫ﻣ‬ marbū ah)
(a) When the noun or adjective ending in is indefinite, or is preceded by the definite
article, is romanized h. The in such positions is often replaced by .
ṣal‫ﻣ‬h
al-Ris‫ﻣ‬lah al-bahīyah
mir ‫ﻣ‬h
Urjūzah fī al- ibb
(b) When the word ending in is in the construct state [muḍ‫ﻣ‬f wa-muḍ‫ﻣ‬f ilayh], is
romanized t.
Wiz‫ﻣ‬rat al-Tarbiyah
Mir ‫ﻣ‬t al-zam‫ﻣ‬n
(c) When the word ending in is used adverbially, (vocalized ) is romanized tan.
See rule ‫(ڥڤ‬b).
Romanization of Arabic Orthographic Symbols Other than Letters and Vowel Signs
The signs listed below are frequently omitted from unvocalized Arabic writing and printing; their
presence or absence must then be inferred. They are represented in romanization according to
the following rules:
8. (hamzah)
(a) In initial position, whether at the beginning of a word, following a prefixed preposition
or conjunction, or following the definite article, is not represented in romanization.
When medial or final, is romanized as (alif).
asad
uns
idh‫ﻣ‬
mas alah ‫ﺄ‬
mu tamar ‫ﺆ‬

5. d‫ﻣ‬ im
mala a
kha i a
(b) , when replaced by the sign (waṣlah) and then known as hamzat al-waṣl, is not
represented in romanization. See rule 9 below.
9. (waṣlah), like initial , is not represented in romanization. See also rule 8(b) above.
When the alif which supports waṣlah belongs to the article , the initial vowel of the
article is romanized a. See rule ‫ڤ‬7(b). In other words, beginning with hamzat al-waṣl,
the initial vowel is romanized i.
Ri lat Ibn Jubayr ‫ٱ‬
al-istidr‫ﻣ‬k
kutub iqtanatʹh‫ﻣ‬ ‫ٱ‬
bi-ihtim‫ﻣ‬m Abd al-Majīd ‫ٱ‬
‫ڤ‬0. ˜ (maddah)
(a) Initial is romanized ‫ﻣ‬.
‫ﻣ‬lah
Kullīyat al-‫ﻢ‬d‫ﻣ‬b
(b) Medial , when it represents the phonetic combination ‫ﻣ‬, is so romanized.
ta ‫ﻣ‬līf ‫ﺂ‬
ma ‫ﻣ‬thir ‫ﺂ‬
(c) ˜ is otherwise not represented in romanization.
khulaf‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺂ‬
‫ڤڤ‬. ◌ (shaddah or tashdīd)
(a) Over :
(1) ◌, representing the combination of long vowel plus consonant, is romanized
ūw.
adūw
qūwah
See also rule ‫(ڤ‬b).
(2) ◌, representing the combination of diphthong plus consonant, is romanized
aww.
Shaww‫ﻣ‬l
ṣawwara
jaww

6. See also rule ‫(ڤ‬c).
(b) Over :
(‫)ڤ‬ Medial ◌, representing the combination of long vowel plus consonant, is
romanized īy.
al-Miṣrīyah
See also rule ‫(ڤ‬b).
(‫)ڥ‬ Final ◌ is romanized ī. See rules 6(b) and 6(c).
(3) Medial and final ◌, representing the combination of diphthong plus
consonant, is romanized ayy.
ayy‫ﻣ‬m
sayyid
Quṣayy
See also rule ‫(ڤ‬c).
(c) Over other letters, ◌ is represented in romanization by doubling the letter or digraph
concerned.
al-Ghazzī
al-Kashsh‫ﻣ‬f
‫ڥڤ‬. Tanwīn may take the written form ◌, ◌ ( ◌), or ◌, romanized un, an, and in, respectively.
Tanwīn is normally disregarded in romanization, however. It is indicated in the following
cases:
(a) When it occurs in indefinite nouns derived from defective roots.
q‫ﻣ‬ḍin ‫ض‬
ma nan
(b) When it indicates the adverbial use of a noun or adjective.
ab an
faj atan ‫ﺄ‬
al-Mushtarik waḍ an ‫ﴼ‬
wa-al-muftariq ṣuq an ‫ﴼ‬
Grammatical Structure as It Affects Romanization
‫ڤ‬3. Final inflections of verbs are retained in romanization, except in pause. represent
man waliya Miṣr
ma rifat m‫ﻣ‬ yajibu la-hum
ṣall‫ﻃ‬ All‫ﻣ‬h alayhi wa-sallam ‫ﷲ‬
al-Lu lu al-maknūn fī ukm ‫ﺆ‬ ‫ﺆ‬
al-ikhb‫ﻣ‬r amm‫ﻣ‬ sa-yakūn

7. ‫ڤ‬4. Final inflections of nouns and adjectives:
(a) Vocalic endings are not represented in romanization, except preceding pronominal
suffixes, and except when the text being romanized is in verse.
uṣūluh‫ﻣ‬ al-nafsīyah wa- uruq
tadrīsih‫ﻣ‬
il‫ﻃ‬ yawmin‫ﻣ‬ h‫ﻣ‬dh‫ﻣ‬
(b) Tanwīn is not represented in romanization, except as specified in rule ‫ڥڤ‬.
(c) (t‫ﻣ‬ marbū ah) is romanized h or t as specified in rule 7.
(d) For the romanization of the relative adjective (nisbah) see rule 6(c).
‫ڤ‬5. Pronouns, pronominal suffixes, and demonstratives:
(a) Vocalic endings are retained in romanization.
an‫ﻣ‬ wa-anta
h‫ﻣ‬dhihi al- ‫ﻣ‬l
mu allaf‫ﻣ‬tuhu wa-shurū uh‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺆ‬
(b) At the close of a phrase or sentence, the ending is romanized in its pausal form.
ay‫ﻣ‬tuhu wa- aṣruh
Tawfīq al- akīm, afk‫ﻣ‬ruh, ، ،
‫ﻣ‬th‫ﻣ‬ruh
‫ڤ‬6. Prepositions and conjunctions:
(a) Final vowels of separable prepositions and conjunctions are retained in romanization.
anna
annahu
bayna yadayhi
Note the special cases: mimm‫ﻣ‬, mimman.
(b) Inseparable prepositions, conjunctions, and other prefixes are connected with what
follows by a hyphen.
bi-hi
wa-ma ahu
l‫ﻣ‬-silkī
‫ڤ‬7. The definite article:
(a) The romanized form al is connected with the following word by a hyphen.
al-kit‫ﻣ‬b al-th‫ﻣ‬nī
al-itti ‫ﻣ‬d
al-aṣl
al-‫ﻣ‬th‫ﻣ‬r

8. (b) When is initial in the word, and when it follows an inseparable preposition or
conjunction, it is always romanized al regardless of whether the preceding word, as
romanized, ends in a vowel or a consonant.
il‫ﻃ‬ al-‫ﻣ‬n
Abū al-Waf‫ﻣ‬
Maktabat al-Nahḍah al-Miṣrīyah
bi-al-tam‫ﻣ‬m wa-al-kam‫ﻣ‬l
Note the exceptional treatment of the preposition followed by the article:
lil-Shirbīnī
See also rule ‫ڥ‬3.
(c) The of the article is always romanized l, whether it is followed by a sun letter or
not, i.e., regardless of whether or not it is assimilated in pronunciation to the initial
consonant of the word to which it is attached.
al- urūf al-abjadīyah
Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī
Orthography of Arabic in Romanization
‫ڤ‬8. Capitalization:
(a) Rules for the capitalization of English are followed, except that the definite article al is
given in lower case in all positions.
(b) Diacritics are used with both upper and lower case letters.
al-Ījī
al-‫ﻢ‬lūsī
‫ڤ‬9. The macron or the acute accent, as appropriate, is used to indicate all long vowels,
including those which in Arabic script are written defectively. The macron or the acute
accent, as the case may be, is retained over final long vowels which are shortened in
pronunciation before hamzat al-waṣl.
Ibr‫ﻣ‬hīm ،
D‫ﻣ‬ ūd ،
Abū al- asan
ru ūs
dh‫ﻣ‬lika
al‫ﻃ‬ al- ayn
‫ڥ‬0. The hyphen is used:
(a) To connect the definite article al with the word to which it is attached. See rule ‫ڤ‬7(a).
(b) Between an inseparable prefix and what follows. See rules ‫ڤ‬6(b) and ‫ڤ‬7(b) above.

9. (c) Between bin and the following element in personal names when they are written in
Arabic as a single word. See rule ‫ڥ‬5.
‫ڤڥ‬. The prime ( ʹ ) is used:
(a) To separate two letters representing two distinct consonantal sounds, when the
combination might otherwise be read as a digraph.
Adʹham
akramatʹh‫ﻣ‬
(b) To mark the use of a letter in its final form when it occurs in the middle of a word.
Qal ahʹjī
Shaykhʹz‫ﻣ‬dah
‫ڥڥ‬. As in the case of romanization from other languages, foreign words which occur in an
Arabic context and are written in Arabic letters are romanized according to the rules for
romanizing Arabic.
J‫ﻣ‬rm‫ﻣ‬nūs (not Germanos nor Germanus)
Lūrd Ghr‫ﻣ‬nfīl (not Lord Granville)
Īs‫ﻣ‬ghūjī (not Isagoge)
For short vowels not indicated in the Arabic, the Arabic vowel nearest to the original
pronunciation is supplied.
Gharsiy‫ﻣ‬ Khayin (not Garc‫ﻏ‬a Ja‫ﻋ‬n)
Examples of Irregular Arabic Orthography
‫ڥ‬3. Note the romanization of ‫ﷲ‬, alone and in combination.
All‫ﻣ‬h ‫ﷲ‬
bill‫ﻣ‬h
lill‫ﻣ‬h
bismill‫ﻣ‬h ‫ﷲ‬
al-Mustanṣir bill‫ﻣ‬h
‫ڥ‬4. Note the romanization of the following personal names:
‫ﻣ‬h‫ﻣ‬
Y‫ﻣ‬sīn ،
Amr
Bahjat ،
‫ڥ‬5. and are both romanized ibn in all positions.
A mad ibn Mu ammad ibn Abī al-Rabī
Shar Ibn Aqīl al‫ﻃ‬ Alfīyat Ibn M‫ﻣ‬lik

10. Exception is made in the case of modern names, typically North African, in which the
element is pronounced bin.
Bin Khiddah
Bin- Abd All‫ﻣ‬h ‫ﷲ‬
‫ڥ‬6. Note the anomalous spelling , romanized mi ah.