Х' х'𐺉
stimmloses Kehl-H (arab. ح)
Alphabet
The Êzîdî Alphabet — all scripts united
Êzîdîs today write Kurmancî mostly in the Latin Hawar alphabet (31 letters) and — in the Caucasus — in the Cyrillic Cindî alphabet. Alongside stands the original sacred Êzîdî script (Êzdîkî), in the official Unicode standard since 2020. This page connects all three systems letter by letter.
Correspondence table — each sound in every script
Click a row for pronunciation, example and audio. The link follows the romanization of the Êzîdî script.
| Hawar Latin | Cindî | Êzîdî script | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| A a | А а | 𐺀 | /aː/ |
| B b | Б б | 𐺁 | /b/ |
| C c | Щ щ / Дж дж | 𐺆 | /d͡ʒ/ |
| Ç ç | Ч ч | 𐺇 | /t͡ʃ/ |
| D d | Д д | 𐺋 | /d/ |
| E e | Ə ə | 𐺦 | /ɛ/ |
| Ê ê | Е е | 𐺩 | /eː/ |
| F f | Ф ф | 𐺙 | /f/ |
| G g | Г г | 𐺟 | /g/ |
| H h | Һ һ | 𐺧 | /h/ |
| I i | Ь ь | 𐺨 | /ɪ/ |
| Î î | И и | 𐺨 | /iː/ |
| J j | Ж ж | 𐺐 | /ʒ/ |
| K k | К к | 𐺝 | /k/ |
| L l | Л л | 𐺠 | /l/ |
| M m | М м | 𐺡 | /m/ |
| N n | Н н | 𐺢 | /n/ |
| O o | О о | 𐺥 | /oː/ |
| P p | П п | 𐺂 | /p/ |
| Q q | Ӄ ӄ | 𐺜 | /q/ |
| R r | Р р | 𐺍 | /ɾ/ |
| S s | С с | 𐺑 | /s/ |
| Ş ş | Ш ш | 𐺒 | /ʃ/ |
| T t | Т т | 𐺄 | /t/ |
| U u | Ӧ ӧ | 𐺣 | /ʊ/ |
| Û û | У у | 𐺣 | /uː/ |
| V v | В в | 𐺚 | /v/ |
| W w | Ў ў | 𐺤 | /w/ |
| X x | Х х | 𐺊 | /x/ |
| Y y | Й й | 𐺨 | /j/ |
| Z z | З з | 𐺏 | /z/ |
Cindî special letters & emphatic sounds
These guttural/emphatic sounds (often in loanwords) have their own letters in Cindî Cyrillic and the Êzîdî script, but no single Hawar equivalent.
Г' г'𐺗
stimmhafter Kehlpresslaut (arab. ع)
Ѓ ѓ𐺘
wie französisches 'r' (arab. غ)
К' к'𐺞
explosives, knackiges 'k'
П' п'𐺃
explosives, knackiges 'p'
Ч' ч'𐺈
explosives 'tsch'
Т' т'𐺕
explosives, knackiges 't'
Р' р'𐺎
betont gerolltes r
Sound search: letter → Êzîdî character
Type a letter or sound (German / English / Arabic) — e.g. 'sh', 'x', 'q' or 'ش' — and instantly see the matching Êzîdî character.
Translator: German/English → Êzdîkî → Êzîdî script
Type a word or a sentence. You get the Kurmancî/Êzdîkî translation (Latin) and below it the same in the original Êzîdî script.
Input (German)
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Kurmancî / Êzdîkî (Latin)
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Êzîdî script (Êzdîkî-Alfabe)
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transliteration (script conversion) — deterministic/correct
The original Êzîdî script — all characters
All 47 characters of the Unicode Yezidi block (U+10E80 – U+10EBF, Unicode 17.0 (2025)).
Vowels (6)
𐺀
A
ألف
Elif / A — like 'A' in 'father'
YEZIDI LETTER ELIF
𐺣
U
ضمة
Um / U — short Waw / Damma
YEZIDI LETTER UM
𐺥
O
و
Ow / O — like 'o' in 'note' (/o/)
YEZIDI LETTER OW
𐺦
E
ﹷ
Ew / E — short 'e' (/e/)
YEZIDI LETTER EW
𐺨
Y / Î
ياء
Yot / Y, Î — consonant /j/ or vowel /i, î/
YEZIDI LETTER YOT
𐺩
Ê
ﺉ
Et / Ê — vowel /e/ (Hawar ê)
YEZIDI LETTER ET
Consonants (28)
𐺁
B
باء
Be / B
YEZIDI LETTER BE
𐺂
P
ٻ
Pe / P
YEZIDI LETTER PE
𐺅
S
ثاء
Se / S — sound /s/ (from Arabic ث)
YEZIDI LETTER SE
𐺆
C
جيم
Cim / C — like English 'J' in 'Jim'
YEZIDI LETTER CIM
𐺇
Ç
تشاء
Çim / Ç — like English 'ch' (/tʃ/)
YEZIDI LETTER CHIM
𐺉
H'
حاء
Hha / H' — dark guttural H
YEZIDI LETTER HHA
𐺊
X
خاء
Xa / X — like German 'ach'
YEZIDI LETTER XA
𐺋
D
دال
Dal / D
YEZIDI LETTER DAL
𐺌
Z
ذال
Zal / Z — voiced 'th' as in 'the'
YEZIDI LETTER ZAL
𐺍
R
راء
Ra / R — softened R
YEZIDI LETTER RA
𐺏
Z
زاء
Za / Z — voiced Z (/z/)
YEZIDI LETTER ZA
𐺐
J
جيم خفيفة
Ja / J — French-style 'j'
YEZIDI LETTER JA
𐺑
S
سين
Sin / S
YEZIDI LETTER SIN
𐺒
Ş
شين
Şîn / Ş — 'sh' (/ʃ/)
YEZIDI LETTER SHIN
𐺕
T
طاء
Ta / T — sound /t/ (Arabic emphatic ط)
YEZIDI LETTER TA
𐺗
E'
عين
Eyn / E' — Ain ('eye', glottal)
YEZIDI LETTER EYN
𐺘
X'
غين
Xheyn / X' — like French 'r' (/ɣ/)
YEZIDI LETTER XHEYN
𐺙
F
فاء
Fa / F
YEZIDI LETTER FA
𐺚
V
ﭪ
Va / V
YEZIDI LETTER VA
𐺛
V'
Va — alternate form
YEZIDI LETTER VA ALTERNATE FORM
𐺜
Q
قاف
Qaf / Q — deep guttural Q
YEZIDI LETTER QAF
𐺝
K
كاف
Kaf / K
YEZIDI LETTER KAF
𐺟
G
گاف
Gaf / G — Egyptian Kâf
YEZIDI LETTER GAF
𐺠
L
لام
Lam / L
YEZIDI LETTER LAM
𐺡
M
ميم
Mim / M
YEZIDI LETTER MIM
𐺢
N
نون
Nun / N
YEZIDI LETTER NUN
𐺤
W
واو
Waw / W
YEZIDI LETTER WAW
𐺧
h
هاء
Hay / h — soft H
YEZIDI LETTER HAY
Emphatic Consonants (8)
𐺃
P'
ﭖ
Phe / P' — emphatic P
YEZIDI LETTER PHE
𐺄
T'
تاء
The / T' — glottalized T
YEZIDI LETTER THE
𐺈
Ç'
تشاء مشددة
Çhim / Ç' — glottalized ch
YEZIDI LETTER CHHIM
𐺎
R'
راء مفخمة
Rha / R' — emphatic R
YEZIDI LETTER RHA
𐺓
Ṣ
صاد
Sad / Ṣ — emphatic S (/sˤ/)
YEZIDI LETTER SAD
𐺔
Ḍ
ضاد
Dad / Ḍ — emphatic D (/dˤ/)
YEZIDI LETTER DAD
𐺖
Z'
ظاء
Ze / Z' — emphatic Z (/zˤ/)
YEZIDI LETTER ZE
𐺞
K'
كاف مشددة
Khaf / K' — glottalized K (/kʼ/)
YEZIDI LETTER KHAF
Combining Marks (2)
ـ𐺫
'
Hamza mark — glottal stop
YEZIDI COMBINING HAMZA MARK
ـ𐺬
ā
Madda mark — long /a/ at word start
YEZIDI COMBINING MADDA MARK
Punctuation (1)
𐺭
·
Yezidi hyphenation mark
YEZIDI HYPHENATION MARK
Historical Letters (2)
𐺰
Ł
Lam with dot above — historical emphatic L
YEZIDI LETTER LAM WITH DOT ABOVE
𐺱
Ê
Yot with circumflex — historical, shifts [î] to [ê]
YEZIDI LETTER YOT WITH CIRCUMFLEX ABOVE
Note on glyphs
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