A word cannot start with a bare vowel: write ئ first.

ckb.orth.initial-vowel · Error · Spelling standard

Every Sorani word that begins with a vowel writes the seat ئ before it.

Examples

Wrong	Right
اسپ	ئەسپ
او	ئاو

Lessons

• Lesson 23: The written standard and common errors
• Lesson 2: The alphabet

Related rules

• This letter is Arabic or Persian. Use the Kurdish letter.
• This letter is not used in Kurdish spelling.
• Sorani writes this with its own punctuation or digits.
• This letter is doubled.
• A word starts with ڕ, not ر.
• The vowel ە is written here as ه.