In Arabic, the consonants are divided into two groups, called the sun letters or solar letters ( حروف شمسية ḥurūf shamsiyyah) and moon letters or lunar letters (حروف قمرية ḥurūf qamariyyah). Phonetically, sun letters are ones pronounced as coronal consonants and moon letters are ones pronounced as other consonants.
The Sun Letters List
1 | أ | الأُمُّ | Mother |
2 | ب | البَابُ | Door |
3 | ج | الجَنَّۃُ | Garden |
4 | ح | الحِمَارُ | Donkey |
5 | خ | الخُبْزُ | Bread |
6 | ع | العَینُ | Eye |
7 | غ | الغَدَاءُ | Lunch |
8 | ف | الفَمُ | Mouth |
9 | ق | القَمَرُ | Moon |
10 | ک | الکَلْبُ | Dog |
11 | م | المَاءُ | Water |
12 | و | الوَلَدُ | Boy |
13 | ھ | الھَوَاءُ | Air |
14 | ی | الیَدُ | Hand |
The Moon Letters List
1 | ت | التَّاجِرُ | Trader |
2 | ث | الثَّوبُ | Clothing |
3 | د | الدَّارُ | House |
4 | ذ | الذَّھَبُ | Gold |
5 | ر | الرَّجُلُ | Man |
6 | ز | الزَّھْرَۃُ | Flower |
7 | س | السَّمَکُ | Fish |
8 | ش | الشَّمْسُ | Sun |
9 | ص | الصَّدْرُ | Chest |
10 | ض | الضَّیفُ | Guest |
11 | ط | الطَّالِبُ | Student |
12 | ظ | الظُّلمُ | Injustice |
13 | ل | اللّحْمُ | Meat |
14 | ن | النّجْمُ | Star |




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