3a'ilatha
her familyThe word, broken down.
عائِلَتها reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop carried on a dotless yāʾ.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 9 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 →- 01U→ع
- 02H→ا
- 03Z→ئ
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05G→ل
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07J→ت
- 08I→ه
- 09H→ا