Ain (ع) with tanween: عًا عٍ عٌ
Practise tanween fath, kasr and damm with the Arabic letter Ain: عًا عٍ عٌ. Free tracing worksheet PDF.
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- Tanween fath (-an): عًا
- Tanween kasr (-in): عٍ
- Tanween damm (-un): عٌ
How to use it
- Print on A4 (US Letter works too with "fit to page").
- Say the letter or word aloud together.
- Start at the orange dot and follow the arrow along the single dotted line, with a finger first, then a pencil. Arrows guide the first two tries, then fade away.
- Celebrate every finished row and colour the stars at the top.
About the letter: ع
- Ain (ع) sounds like a deep sound from the throat, with no English match; it has no dots.
- It joins the next letter, so it has four forms: ع عـ ـعـ ـع.
- It looks like Ghain (غ); the dots tell them apart.
- Also spelled: Ain, Ayn, Ein.
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What age are they for?
Ages 3–7: preschool, kindergarten (KG1, KG2), reception and Year 1 / Grade 1.
How many forms does Ain have?
Four: ع عـ ـعـ ـع.
How can my child tell ع from غ?
By the dots: ع has no dots; غ has one dot above.

All Ain sheets
Letter forms
Isolated ع
Beginning عـ
Middle ـعـ
End ـع
Tanween
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