Punjabi Alphabet
Key
| letter transliteration of letter name of letter transliteration of letter name |
- Generally, h denotes aspiration.
- For ਤ, ਥ, ਦ, and ਧ, the underlined t and d denote dental consonants, i.e., the tongue is placed behind the front teeth. ਟ, ਠ, ਡ, and ਢ, with d and t not underlined denote retroflex consonants, i.e., the tongue is placed further back in the mouth with its tip against the palate.
- The first three letters, ੳ, ਅ, and ੲ, are not used on their own. They are used in combination with dependent vowels to form independent vowels, e.g., ਉ is u, ਆ is aa, and ਈ is ii, however by themselves they represent nothing.
- Alphabetical order is left to right, down to the next row then left to right, etc.
Punjabi Alphabet
| ੳ … ਊੜਾ oorh-aa |
ਅ … ਐੜਾ airh-aa |
ੲ … ਈੜੀ iirh-ii |
ਸ s ਸੱਸਾ sas-saa |
ਹ h ਹਾਹਾ haa-haa |
| ਕ k ਕੱਕਾ kak-kaa |
ਖ kh ਖੱਖਾ khakh-khaa |
ਗ g ਗੱਗਾ gag-gaa |
ਘ gh ਘੱਗਾ ghag-gaa |
ਙ ng ਙੰਙਾ ngan-ngaa |
| ਚ ch ਚੱਚਾ chach-chaa |
ਛ chh ਛੱਛਾ chhachh-chhaa |
ਜ j ਜੱਜਾ jaj-jaa |
ਝ jh ਝੱਜਾ jhaj-jaa |
ਞ nj ਞੰਞਾ njan-njaa |
| ਟ t ਟੈਂਕਾ tain-kaa |
ਠ th ਠੱਠਾ thath-thaa |
ਡ d ਡੱਡਾ dad-daa |
ਢ dh ਢੱਡਾ dhad-daa |
ਣ nh ਣਾਣਾ nhaa-nhaa |
| ਤ t ਤੱਤਾ tat-taa |
ਥ th ਥੱਥਾ thath-thaa |
ਦ d ਦੱਦਾ dad-daa |
ਧ dh ਧੱਦਾ dhad-daa |
ਨ n ਨੱਨਾ nan-naa |
| ਪ p ਪੱਪਾ pap-paa |
ਫ ph ਫੱਫਾ phaph-phaa |
ਬ b ਬੱਬਾ bab-baa |
ਭ bh ਭੱਬਾ bhab-baa |
ਮ m ਮੱਮਾ mam-maa |
| ਯ y ਯੱਯਾ yay-yaa |
ਰ r ਰਾਰਾ rar-raa |
ਲ l ਲੱਲਾ lal-laa |
ਵ v ਵੱਵਾ vav-vaa |
ੜ rh ੜਾੜਾ rhaa-rhaa |
| ਸ਼ sh ਸ਼ੱਸ਼ਾ shash-shaa |
ਖ਼ kh ਖ਼ੱਖ਼ਾ khakh-khaa |
ਗ਼ gh ਗ਼ੱਗ਼ਾ ghagh-ghaa |
ਜ਼ z ਜ਼ੱਜ਼ਾ zaz-zaa |
ਫ਼ f ਫ਼ੱਫ਼ਾ faf-faa |
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August 17th, 2008 at 19:24
[...] is a companion post to a previous post that lists the consonants of the Punjabi alphabet. Or, in other words, now I can finally provide some closure to being able to read Punjabi. (Making [...]
November 5th, 2008 at 4:07
aa karee punjabee wa. it is seam like hindi. plz provide some punjabi information