This transliteration scheme was developed by Raj Kumar sahab and was first posted at www.stanvir.com. Some modifications have been made in the original scheme, like crowd is bhiiR not bhiR and fear is Darr not Dar.

Symbol ‘-’ is used to divide composite words like dar-ba-dar and be-dard. Sybmbol ‘_’ is used to differentiate words like ’sheen’ with ’seen-hey’. Compare the difference between as_haab and ashaab.

a : ham (we), kal (tomorrow), jab (when), narm (soft), sharm (shame), haram (holy place), karam (deeds)

aa : jaal (web), davaa (medicine), daavaa (claim), kyaa (what), kiyaa (done), haraam (prohibited)

‘a : raf’a-daf’a (compromise), la’an-ta’an (scolding), naz’a (near death)

e : khel (play), dekheN (see), der (late)

i : din (day), diin (religion), nahiiN (no), ko’ii (some)

o : roz (daily), soz (pain)

u : dukh (sadness), zulm (tyranny), furqat (loneliness), qaum (community)

uu: jhuuT (lie), duur (far)

y : yeh (this), yahaaN (here), yaar (friend)

b : be-chaaraa (pitiable), babool (acacia), batlaanaa (tell)

bh : bhiiNchnaa (close), bhiiR (crowd), bhaarii (heavy)

ch : chalnaa (walk), chaaHat (love)

chh : chhalnaa(trick), achchhaa (good), chheRnaa(tease)

d : dam (strength, breath), dard (pain), daar (gallows)

dh : dhonaa (wash), dhaal (shield), dhokhaa (trick)

D : Daal (branch), Darr (fear)

Dh : Dhonaa (bear), niDhaal (tired)

r : ret (sand), ronaa (cry)

R : baRii (bigger), LaRii (string)

Rh : paRhnaa (read), daaRhii (beard)

f : farz (responsibility)

p : phuul (flower), pattaa (leaf)

g : aag (fire), geet (song)

gh : ghaTnaa (decrease), ghaaT (river bank), ghar (house)

Gh : Gham (pain), Ghazal (well, Ghazal)

h : ham (we), haadisa (incident), tarah (various)

‘h : tar’h

j : jurm (crime), jannat (paradise)

jh : jhuuT (lie)

z : Ghazal, guzar (passage), zabt (patience)

k : kaam (work), kalaam (spoken word)
kh : khaanaa (food)

Kh: Khaalii (empty), aKhbaar (newspaper)

q : qalam (pen), qareeb (near)
l : laaj (shyness)

m : maalik (lord)

n : nuun, nahiiN (no), nuur (light)

nn : mannat (prayer)

n_n : maan_naa (agree), jaan_na (know)

N : hameN (us), nigeh-baaN (caretaker), chaaNd (moon)

s : suHbat (company), simt (side)

sh : sharaarat (playfulness), shor (pandemonium)

s_h : as_haab (friends)

t : taar (wire)

th : thakaan (tiredness), thaalii (plate)

T : Topii (cap), palaTna (turn over)

v : vaqt (time)

- : be-sabab (without reason), kam-suKhan, ruu-ba-ruu (tete-a-tete)

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