Do Chashmi HAY

ہ ھ

Urdu Letter	Letter Name	Sound	Hindi Equivalent	Teacher
ھ	Do Chashmi HAY	Aspirated English “H”	ह	Teacher Icon

	Final	Medial	Initial	Detached
Basic Forms	ﮪ	ﮬ	ﮭ	ھ
In Context	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in
Write in Context	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in

Sounds

 

Do Chashmi HAY (“two-eyed HAY”) is used to indicate aspiration. Urdu has a set of consonants that are aspirated, i.e. pronounced with an extra puff of air. When Do Chashmi HAY follows a consonant, that consonant should be aspirated. Hold your hand up in front of your mouth. You should feel a puff of air when you pronounce an aspirated consonant.

Do Chashmi HAY is also occasionally encountered as a substitute for Hindi HAY (ہ). Here is a list of all the aspirated consonants in Urdu. Note that not every Urdu consonant has an aspirated version.

	Example (transliteration)	Hindi Equivalent(Urdu)	Notes
fill-in	“bh”	भ
fill-in	“ph”	फ	Do not confuse with ف
fill-in	dental “th”	थ
fill-in	retroflex “th”	ठ
fill-in	“jh”	झ
fill-in	“chh”	छ
fill-in	dental”dh”	ध
fill-in	retroflex “dh”	ढ
fill-in	retroflex flap “rh”	ढ़
fill-in	“kh”	ख	Do not confuse with خ
fill-in	“gh”	घ	Do not confuse with غ

A few words that end with an aspirated consonant in Hindi end with an unaspirated version of that consonant in Urdu.

Example (transliteration)	Example (Urdu)	Hindi Equivalent
bhook	زلزلہ	भूक
jhoot	جھوٹ	झूठ
hont	ہونٹ	होंठ

Connections

Do Chashmi HAY can connect from both sides: Thus it has four forms: detached, initial, medial, and final.
Do Chashmi HAY will not be found as the first letter of a word unless it is substituting for regular Hindi HAY (rare).