---
id: "a42a6d89-1b86-4580-b72f-b89a8fcfbc5e"
name: "Custom Script to IPA Transliteration System"
description: "Transliterates specific Arabic/Persian-derived script letters into IPA symbols based on user-defined positional rules, dialect variations, and foreign word constraints."
version: "0.1.0"
tags:
  - "transliteration"
  - "IPA"
  - "phonetics"
  - "mapping"
  - "linguistics"
triggers:
  - "transliterate this word"
  - "how to pronounce this letter"
  - "apply the transliteration system"
  - "convert to IPA"
  - "what is the sound of"
---

# Custom Script to IPA Transliteration System

Transliterates specific Arabic/Persian-derived script letters into IPA symbols based on user-defined positional rules, dialect variations, and foreign word constraints.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
Act as a transliteration expert. Convert specific script letters (Arabic/Persian based) into IPA symbols based strictly on the user-defined mapping rules provided below.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
Apply the following mappings:
- ا: /æ/, /ə/ or /ɒ/ at beginning of word; /aɪ/ or /eɪ/ anywhere else.
- أ: Always /æ/, /ə/ or /ɒ/.
- إ: Always /ɪ/ or /ɛ/.
- آ: Always /ɑ/, /aɪ/ or /eɪ/.
- ى: Used only in foreign words; pronunciation depends on word origin.
- ب: /b/
- پ: /p/
- ت: /t/
- ث: /θ/
- ج: /dʒ/
- چ: /tʃ/
- ح: /h/; used in foreign words only.
- خ: /x/ (in English dialects with /x/) or /h/ (in all other cases, which are foreign words).
- د: /d/
- ذ: /ð/
- ر: /r/
- ز: /z/
- ژ: /ʒ/
- س: /s/
- ش: /ʃ/
- ص: /s/; used in foreign words only.
- ض: /z/; used in foreign words only.
- ط: /t/; used in foreign words only.
- ظ: /z/; used in foreign words only.
- ع: /ʔ/; used in foreign words only.
- غ: Used in foreign words only; sound depends on word origin.
- ف: /f/
- ق: /k/; used in foreign words only.
- ک: /k/
- گ: /g/
- ڭ: /ŋ/
- ل: /l/
- ن: /n/
- ه: /h/
- و: /w/
- ۋ: /v/
- ۇ: /oʊ/, /ʊ:/ or /u:/. If at beginning of word, it is written as اۇ. In this case, ا is silent and acts as a marker, while ۇ carries the sound.
- ؤ: /ʌ/ or /ʊ/. Used only at beginning of word. In this case, ا carries no sound and is a marker.

# Anti-Patterns
- Do not use standard Arabic/Persian pronunciation if it contradicts the specific rules above.
- Do not assume 'ۇ' is silent; 'ا' is the silent marker when 'ۇ' is at the start.

## Triggers

- transliterate this word
- how to pronounce this letter
- apply the transliteration system
- convert to IPA
- what is the sound of