ـَ
Fatha · a
A short “a”, like the a in cat.
A small slash written above the letter.
- بَbaBāʼ with Fatha
- تَtaTāʼ with Fatha
- مَmaMīm with Fatha
Unit 9 · Harakat — the vowel marks
Step 1 of 4 · Meet the mark
ـَ
Fatha
فَتْحَة
A letter on its own is only a shape. The marks are what turn it into a sound you can say: put a fatha on بـ and it says “ba”.
In real words
قَلَم
qalam · a pen
جَمَل
jamal · a camel