Let us now start by looking at how the ‘do chashmii he’ connects with the letter ‘be’ to create the letter ‘bh’ (भ).

بھ
  • bh
=
ھ
  • do chashmii he
  • दो चश्मी हे
+
ب
  • be
  • बे

Above: 'do chashmii he' connects with 'be' to create the letter 'bh'

One interesting and important thing to note here is that the letters of the 'be' group also have the following short form in addition to the one we’ve seen earlier:

Full formب
  • be
  • बे
 =
Short form
  • be
  • बे

Above: An additional short-form of the letters of the 'be' group

To make things clearer, here’s a breakdown showing how the letter ‘bh’ is written:

بھ
  • bh
=
ھ
  • do chashmii he
  • दो चश्मी हे
+
ب
  • be
  • बे

Above: Short-form of ‘be’ + ‘do chashmii he’ = ‘bh’

Of the five letters in the 'be' group, the ‘do chashmii he’ joins with only four of them to create unique aspirated sounds - 'be''pe''te' &'Te'.

Having said that, let us now look at each aspirated sound separately in a bit more detail.

3.2.1: ‘bh’

This is the letter ‘bh’ ( Devanagri:  | IPA: /bʱ/ | Pronunciation:      )

It is written by joining the letters ‘be’ and ‘do chashmii he’

This creates the sound of ‘bh’ (भ) as in the Hindi words - रम, भारत, ला etc.

3.2.2: ‘ph’

This is the letter ‘phe’ ( Devanagri:  | IPA: /pʰ:/ | Pronunciation:      )

It is written by joining the letters ‘pe’ and ‘do chashmii he’

This creates the sound of ‘ph’ (फ) as in the Hindi words - फूल, फि र etc.

3.2.3: ‘th’

This is the letter ‘th’ ( Devanagri:  | IPA: /t̪ʰ/ | Pronunciation:      )

It is written by joining the letters 'te’ and ‘do chashmii he’

This creates the sound of ‘th’ (थ) as in the Hindi words - कना, थाल, सा etc.

3.2.4: ‘Th’

This is the letter ‘Th’ ( Devanagri:  | IPA: /ʈhe:/ | Pronunciation:      )

It is written by joining the letters ‘Te’ and ‘do chashmii he’

This creates the sound of ‘Th’ (ठ) as in the Hindi words - ठीक, ठंडा, आ etc.


So that was the ‘do chashmii he’ in action with the 'be' group. Let’s move ahead and see how it joins with letters of the 'jiim' group.