Writing characters

[mstarjewelry]

This may seem like a very basic question, but in certain words, I see characters that I just can't find in the arabic alphabet.
For example in عَلى (c)ala, what is the last character/letter?
And in أُخْرى 'ukhra, what is that last character?
And also in words like الإِنْجْلِيزِيَة al-enjleziya, again what is the last character?
Any insight would be great, I'm just starting to learn arabic.

[tariqyasin]

The last letter in ala is pronounced is 'a'. It looks like the letter ya but without the dots below it.

The word inglizeeyah - the last letter is a form of the letter ta, third letter in the alphabet. The form at the end of inglizeeyah is known as ta marbooTah which normally shows that a word is feminine.

Hope that helps.

Tariq

[mstarjewelry]

Hi Tariq, yes that is very helpful, I had not found that information anywhere and was perplexed. Thank you!