{"id":3756,"date":"2026-11-06T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denkarabisch.de\/en\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:22:04","slug":"the-letter-daal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denkarabisch.de\/en\/blog\/the-letter-daal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Letter Daal (\u062f) – Pronunciation, Writing, Tajweed & Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The letter Daal (\u062f)<\/strong> is the 8th letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its full name is d\u0101l (\u062f\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652). You make it with the tip of your tongue pressed just behind your upper front teeth. Linguists call it a voiced dental stop, written [d] in IPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German speakers have a head start. The d in Dach, dort and Danke is already very close. There is one German habit to unlearn, and this guide shows you exactly which one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short exercises at the end let you check what you learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Property<\/strong><\/td>Information<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Letter<\/strong><\/td>\u062f (Daal)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Name<\/strong><\/td>D\u0101l (\u062f\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652)<\/td><\/tr>
Sound<\/strong><\/td>[d], voiced dental stop; like German d in Dach (never like the t-sound in Hund)<\/td><\/tr>
Alphabet Position<\/strong><\/td>8th letter (Hij\u0101\u02be\u012b order)<\/td><\/tr>
Abjad Value<\/strong><\/td>4 (4th letter in Abjad order)<\/td><\/tr>
Transliteration<\/strong><\/td>Common: d | DIN 31635: d | Arabizi: d<\/td><\/tr>
Point of Articulation<\/strong><\/td>Tip of the tongue against the gum roots of the upper front teeth<\/td><\/tr>
Sun \/ Moon Letter<\/strong><\/td>Sun letter (e.g., \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0650\u0651\u064a\u0646\u064f – ad-d\u012bnu)<\/td><\/tr>
Heavy \/ Light<\/strong><\/td>Always light (muraqqaq)<\/td><\/tr>
Dots<\/strong><\/td>None (unlike \u0630<\/strong>, which has one dot above)<\/td><\/tr>
Connection Rule<\/strong><\/td>Non-connecting (joins only to the preceding letter, never to the following letter)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Single words in this guide are written in pause form, so the last letter carries a suk\u016bn (for example \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u062f\u0652, walad).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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