The word
عادي
3adi
regular, normalArabicعادي
Arabizi3adi
Translationregular, normal
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
عادي reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
د
dāl
d
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
Type:]
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 4 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01U→ع
- 02H→ا
- 03]→د
- 04D→ي
Composedعادي