Can someone help with pronounciation differences?

Question

Good day, I'm trying to get a grip of the alphabet and I have some questions. Are there any differences in the pronunciation of these letters? - ح and ه - ث and س and ص - ذ and ز and ض and ظ (wtf?) - ت and ط ? Or are all of those sets pronounced the same? Or maybe it's based on region and dialect? Any help would be appreciated thank you. I apologise if this is a frequently asked question.

Answer 1

The letters in each set do not differ in pronunciation although each letter has a different name and form of writing in Farsi .

( ت ط ) =T -> consider the sound of T in English

(ث س ص ) = S -> consider the sound of S in English

(ز ذ ظ ض ) = Z -> consider the sound of Z in English

(ح ه ) = H -> consider the sound of H in English

These groups of letters come from the words entered into Farsi from other languages such as Arabic; or the ancient words come from Pahlavi and Avestan which are changed in pronunciation over the time.

Answer 2

Obviously there are some differences in the pronunciation of these letters that you mentioned! For more clarification, I would like to refer you to the pronunciation of different letters in English language, such as: th, c, s,

Also, depends on the specific word you are using, then you need to use one specific letter. Another point is, some of these letters have Arabic origin, so there are some rules in terms of pronunciation and making different sounds with these letters. Plus, most of the words using these letters, are nouns, therefore, originally, they are written with one of these letters and people are kind of used to see these specific words with this special letter, even though the sound of the two letters look the same!

Answer 3

Hi,

The letters س , ص, ذ ,ث have the same pronunciation as "s" in Farsi which is spoken in Iran. These letter have been borrowed from Arabic Language which are pronounced differently there. But in Farsi, all are the same. The same story is for the other similar ones.