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Arabic to IPA converter

Convert Modern Standard Arabic text to IPA phonetic transcription. See the IPA, hear the word, and turn it into review-ready flashcards — without leaving what you are reading.

Free web converter, no install. Or 10 transcriptions/day free on the desktop app.

Arabic in IPA

A worked example to show what the output looks like.

مرحبا/mar.ħa.ba/hello

Why guess Arabic pronunciation?

Arabic short vowels are usually left unwritten, so the same consonant skeleton can be read several ways. It also has emphatic and pharyngeal consonants with no English counterpart — exactly the sounds IPA was built to record.

Short vowels are normally unwritten; readers infer them from context and grammar.
Emphatic (pharyngealised) consonants contrast with their plain counterparts.
Pharyngeal and uvular sounds have no English equivalent.
Words are built from consonantal roots, so vowel patterns carry grammatical meaning.

From Arabic text to IPA in seconds

1

Select the text

Highlight Arabic text anywhere — a PDF, a browser, a subtitle, a chat. Or paste it into the free web converter.

2

Press Alt+Q

IPAtics detects the language automatically and shows the IPA in a floating overlay, right where you are reading.

3

Hear it, save it, study it

Play native audio, tap any symbol to learn it, save the word, and generate Anki cards — all in one place.

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Transcribe Arabic the fast way

Install IPAtics to get IPA on any Arabic text in any app — with audio, saved words, and Anki cards.