How to pronounce the letter gẖayin (غ)?

There are some easy tips and techniques through which pronouncing Arabic letters becomes an easy task to do. In this article, will do the same. At the end of this article, you will be able to pronounce the letter غ {gẖayin} easily with the different harakat (Vowel movements):

Fat̊ḥa   فَتْحَة   َ
Kasrah  كسرة  ِ
Dammah   ضمة ُ
Jazm / Sokoun    جزم  ْ
Shadda  شدة ّ

Here it is important to understand some parts of the mouth through which we will be pronouncing the letter غ {gẖayin}.

• أقصى الحلق (ạảq̊ṣa ạl̊ḥal̊q): The last part of our throat which is attached to our chest.
• وسط الحلق (wasaṭ ạl̊ḥal̊q): The middle part of our throat.
• أدنى الحلق (ạảd̊na ạl̊ḥal̊q): The first part of our throat towards our mouth.

The letter غ {gẖayin} is pronounced with  أدنى الحلق (ạảd̊na ạl̊ḥal̊q) that is the front part of our throat towards the mouth.

Now, let’s pronounce غ {gẖayin}: It is pronounced just like the English sound “gha”. Say “gẖ” with your front part of the throat (ạảd̊na ạl̊ḥal̊q). Practice this sound again and again.

Practice غ {gẖayin}: with vowel movements.

• Fat̊ḥa فتحة: It is a small diagonal line on the top of the letter and sounds as ‘AA’. For example: 

    غَ =  gẖa, Read as;  gẖ fatah gẖa

• Kasrah  كسرة: It is a small diagonal line below a letter and sounds like ‘EE’. For example: 

غِ = gẖe, Read as; gẖ kasrah gẖe

• Dammah ضمة: It is a small comma like symbol on the top of the letter and sounds like ‘UU’. For example:

  غُ   = gẖu, Read as; gẖ dammah gẖu

• Jazm / Sokoun جزم: Jazm is also called sokoun, a letter with Jazm is called Sakin. It is a small round symbol above the letter. It means that this letter is joint with the letter before it. For example: 

غْ = gẖ   sakin, أَغْ = Alif fatha + gẖ, sakin = ạå̉gẖ̊

• Shadda شدة: When a letter having symbol ّ , it is called Mushadad. It is pronounced by saying the letter twice with one movement of the tongue. It is read by joining two letters and also read with harakat.

أَغَّ = ạå̉gẖã     –    أَغِّ = ạå̉gẖĩ    –      أَغٌّ  = ạå̉gẖũ

Note: Although it is possible to pronounce the letter  غ {gẖayin} with Shadda, but it is rarely to find it mushaddad (with shadda) in Arabic words.

To learn more about the Arabic Harakat, here you can find the easiest way to practice Tashkeel:

Practice the letter غ {gẖayin} by saying these words: 

بَبَّغَاء (babãgẖāʾa – Parrot)
غُصُنْ (gẖuṣun̊ – Branch)
غُيُوم (gẖuyūm – Clouds)
غُرَابٌ (gẖurāb – Crow)
غَيْب (gẖaẙb – Unseen)
غِذَاء (gẖidẖāʾ – Food)
غَزَال ( gẖazāl  – Deer)

Listen to some Arabic Words starting with the letter غ {gẖayin}

Learn how to write the letter غ {gẖayin}

For more explanation about how Arabic letters are written, please check out this article:

How Arabic letters are written in their different positions?

Practice makes perfect. Hence, keep practicing and keep improving!