Pashto Alphabet
From Afghan Watan Encyclopedia
There are 42 alphabets in Pashto language and the following table shows all of the 42 alphabets.
| ش | س | ږ | ژ | ز | ړ | ر | ذ | د | خ | ح | څ | چ | ځ | ج | ث | ټ | ت | پ | ب | ا |
| ۍ | ﺉ | ې | ي | ی | ه | و | ڼ | ن | م | ل | ګ | ک | ق | ف | ع | ظ | ط | ض | ص | ښ |
Pashto Alphabets & Unicode
The following table shows the complete list of Pashto alphabets in correct alphabetical order. The list also includes alphabets of Arabic and Farsi languages, so that correct sorting order of all the alphabets could be identified if a list or a document contains words of all three languages, which is common in Islamic books written in Pashto.
Alphabets that are marked red are part of the Pashto alifba or alphabets.
| Alphabet | Roman[1] | Unicode Name [2] | پښتو نوم | Pashto Name | Unicode [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ﺁ | ā | Arabic Letter Alef with Madda above | الف مد | alif mad | U+0622 |
| ﺍ | ā | Arabic Letter Alef | الف | alif | U+0627 |
| ﺃ | ā | Arabic Letter Alef with Hamza above | U+0623 | ||
| ﭐ | ā | Arabic Letter Alef Wasla | U+0671 | ||
| ﺇ | ā | Arabic Letter Alef with Hamza below | U+0625 | ||
| ﺀ | ā | Arabic Letter Hamza | همزه | hamza | U+0621 |
| ﺏ | b | Arabic Letter Beh | ﺑﯥ | beh | U+0628 |
| ﭖ | p | Arabic Letter Peh | پې | peh | U+067E |
| ت | t | Arabic Letter Teh | تې | tay | U+062A |
| ټ | ṯ | Arabic Letter Teh with ring | ټې | ṯay | U+067C |
| ث | s̄ | Arabic Letter Theh | ثې | s̄ay | U+062B |
| ج | j | Arabic Letter Jeem | جيم | jeem | U+062C |
| ځ | dz | Arabic Letter Hah with hamza above | ځيم | dzeem | U+0681 |
| چ | ch | Arabic Letter Tcheh | چې | chay | U+0686 |
| څ | ts | Arabic Letter Hah with three dots above | څې | tsay | U+0685 |
| ح | ḩ | Arabic Letter Hah | حې | hay | U+062D |
| خ | kh | Arabic Letter Khah | خې | khay | U+062E |
| د | d | Arabic Letter Dal | دال | dal | U+062F |
| ډ | ḏ | Arabic Letter Dal with ring | ډال | ḏal | U+0689 |
| ذ | z | Arabic Letter Thal | ذال | zal | U+0630 |
| ر | r | Arabic Letter Reh | رې | ray | U+0631 |
| ړ | ṟ | Arabic Letter Reh with ring | ړې | ṟay | U+0693 |
| ز | z | Arabic Letter Zain | زې | zay | U+0623 |
| ژ | zh | Arabic Letter Jeh | ژې | zhay | U+0698 |
| ږ | ẕẖ | Arabic Letter Reh with dot below & dot above | ږې | gey/zhey | U+0696 |
| س | s | Arabic Letter Seen | سين | seen | U+0633 |
| ش | sh | Arabic Letter Sheen | شين | sheen | U+0634 |
| ښ | sẖ | Arabic Letter Seen with dot below & dot above | ښين | sẖeen/Scheen | U+069A |
| ص | ş | Arabic Letter Sad | صاد | şaad | U+0635 |
| ض | ẕ | Arabic Letter Dad | ضاد | ẕaad | U+0636 |
| ط | ţ | Arabic Letter Tah | طوی | ţoy | U+0637 |
| ظ | ẓ | Arabic Letter Zah | ظوی | ẓoy | U+0638 |
| ع | ‘ | Arabic Letter Ain | عين | ‘in | U+0639 |
| غ | gh | Arabic Letter Ghain | غين | ghain | U+063A |
| ف | f | Arabic Letter Feh | فې | fay | U+0641 |
| ق | q | Arabic Letter Qaf | قاف | qaf | U+0642 |
| ک | k | Arabic Letter Keheh | کاف | kaf | U+06A9 |
| ك | k | Arabic Letter Kaf | کاف | kaf | U+0643 |
| ګ | g | Arabic Letter Keheh with ring | ګاف | gaf | U+06AB |
| گ | g | Arabic Letter Gaf | ګاف | gaf | U+06AF |
| ل | l | Arabic Letter Lam | لام | lam | U+0644 |
| م | m | Arabic Letter Meem | ميم | meem | U+0645 |
| ن | n | Arabic Letter Noon | نون | noon | U+0646 |
| ڼ | ṉ | Arabic Letter Noon with ring | نوڼ | nooṉ | U+06BC |
| و | w | Arabic Letter Wow | واو | wow | U+0648 |
| ه | h | Arabic Letter Heh | هې | hay | U+0647 |
| ﺓ | h | Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta | ګردې تې | gardai tay | U+0629 |
| ی | y | Arabic Letter Farsi Yeh | يې | yay | U+06CC |
| ي | y | Arabic Letter Yeh | سخته يې | sakhta yay | U+064A |
| ې | y | Arabic Letter E | پسته يې / اوږده يې | pasta yay | U+06D0 |
| ۍ | y | Arabic Letter Yeh with tail | ښځينه يې | sẖadzina/schazina yay | U+06CD |
| ﺉ | y | Arabic Letter Yeh with hamza above | فعليه يې / مصدر يې | feliya/masdar yay | U+0626 |