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إ

Alif Hamza Below

أَلِف هَمْزَة تَحْت

ʾi · hamza on alif — short i

How it is written

إIsolated
إInitial
ـإMedial
ـإFinal

Arabic letters change shape depending on where they sit in a word.

How it sounds

ʾi

The same in all four dialects.

For how pronunciation shifts by region, see the dialect guide