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Urdu is written right to left and is traditionally printed and handwritten in Nastaliq, a flowing calligraphic style with a sloping baseline. For first writing practice, these sheets use a clear, upright dotted tracing font, so young children can focus on each letter's basic shape and joins before moving on to Nastaliq.
The Urdu alphabet shares most of its letters with Arabic and Persian but adds letters for South Asian sounds — ٹ (Ttay), ڈ (Ddaal), ڑ (Rray) and ں (Noon Ghunna) are found in neither. Each of these has its own sheet, as do Do-Chashmi Hay (ھ) and Bari Yay (ے), so the complete alphabet is covered.
Trace all 39 Urdu letters from Alif to Bari Yay — letter forms plus real words like بکری and گاجر on every sheet.
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Each sheet traces the letter's forms, then two real words that use it.
Dedicated sheets for ٹ, ڈ, ڑ and ں — letters not found in Arabic or Persian.
Pages explain letters that sound alike in Urdu, such as ث س ص (s) and ذ ز ض ظ (z).
All 39 letters, from Alif to Bari Yay, including Noon Ghunna and Do-Chashmi Hay.
Everything you need to know about our free Urdu worksheets.
Nastaliq is beautiful but hard for beginners to copy: letters sit on a sloping line and stack into each other. Starting with a clear, upright tracing font lets children learn what each letter looks like and how it joins, and the transition to Nastaliq reading and writing comes more easily once those shapes are familiar.
For diaspora communities — particularly Pakistani and Indian families in the UK, US, Canada, and Gulf countries — maintaining Urdu literacy in the next generation is both a cultural and a practical priority. These worksheets are designed to fit alongside weekend school programmes and home tutoring.