Nuqtah in Arabic letters

The word “Nuqtah” (ُﻧْﻘَطﺔ) literally translates to “dot” or “point” in Arabic. It refers to distinguish similar looking letters from one another. Identifying and saying correctly nuqtah letters is an important factor in reading Arabic words fluently.

There are 15 letters in Arabic, which have nuqtah with 1 dot, 2 dots and 3 dots.

Question:

Without counting, can you say quickly how many letters have dots in Arabic?

Answer:

No, it’s impossible.

Comment:

I do not want to say ‘No’ but ‘Know’. Because, impossible means I’m possible. Now, how is it possible, just look at the formula below.

1. (dot) has 10 letters:

2 dot+s have in 3 letters:

3 dot-s have in 2 letters: 

Explanation:

Here, dots are written in a tricky way to understand some general Maths, 2+1=3 and 3 -1=2. Now, you will never forget and without counting you can say how many letters have dots in Arabic. 15 letters have dots, and 15 letters does not have dots. Here, number of Arabic letters refer to 30 where alif and hamza written separately and Ya with and without dots.