Our transcription is designed for the ease of Turkish readers. In the pop-up notes international standard transliteration is used to show the Arabic, Farsi, and Old Turkish etymologes of the Ottoman Turkish words.
| Arabic / Osm. Letter | Our Turkish Transcription | International Transliteration | Examples... Notes |
| elif - ﺍ | Transcribed as any vowel, commonly a or i in initial position, or long â in medial or final position | ||
| be - ﺐ | b - sometimes p | b | Written b except in the Turkish ending -ip/-ıp |
| pe – پ | p | p | |
| te - ﺖ | t | t | |
| se - ﺙ | s - rarely t | s̱ | |
| cim - ﺝ | c - sometimes ç | c | |
| çim - ﭺ | ç | ç | |
| ha - ﺡ | h | ḥ | |
| hı - ﺥ | h | ḫ or kh | |
| dal - ﺪ | d | d | |
| zel - ﺬ | z | ẕ | |
| re - ﺭ | r | r | |
| ze - ﺯ | z | z | |
| sin - ﺱ | s | s | |
| şın - ﺵ | ş | ş | |
| sad - ﺹ | s | ṣ | |
| dad - ﺽ | z | ḍ | |
| tı ﻂ | t or d | ṭ | The Arabic letter "tı" is transcribed "d" in some words, e.g. Osm.Tü. ṭokuz = dokuz. |
| zı - ﻆ | z | ẓ | |
| ayın - ﻉ | ʿ | ʿ | The Arabic hard glottal stop written as a reverse hook, e.g. sâʿat, ʿasker, katʿ |
| gayın - ﻍ | ğ or ġ | ġ | Ör.: ağır, bağış, but ġayri, peyġamber |
| fe - ﻑ | f | f | |
| kaf - ﻕ | k | ḳ or q | Written k in words with Turkish back vowels: a - ı - o - u, and in Arabic and Farsi words |
| kef, gef - ﻙ | k, g, or ḡ | k | Written k in words with Turkish front vowels: e - i - ö - ü, but also as g especially in Farsi words, or ḡ as in deḡil |
| nef - ﯓ (sağır kef) | ŋ | ŋ or ñ | Turkic languages have two n sounds, e.g. onuŋ, baŋa, soŋra; the "hooked ŋ" is obscured in Modern Turkish spelling. |
| lam - ﻝ | l | l | |
| mim - ﻡ | m | m | |
| nun - ﻦ | n | n | |
| vav - ﻭ | v | w | Ar. waw (vav) may also be transcribed with vowels o - ö - u - ü |
| he- ﻩ | h | h | Ar. he may be transcribed as the vowels a or e |
| lam elif - ﻻ | lâ or la or lē or le | lā or la | |
| ye - ﻯ | y | y | May also represent the Arabic letter hemze, e.g. cāʾiz, fāʾide |
| hemze - ﺀ | ʾ | ʾ | This is the Arabic soft glottal stop transcribed as a forward hook, e.g. şeyʾi, risâleʾ-i sâniye, teʾsis, İsrâʾil |
