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The word
عادي

3adi

regular, normal
Arabicعادي
Arabizi3adi
Translationregular, normal
TypeMasculine adjective
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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Uع
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03]د
  4. 04Dي
Composedعادي
عادي
Practice

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