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The word
عالْية

3ali

high
Arabicعالْية
Arabizi3ali
Translationhigh
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryWeather
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

عالْية 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
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
05
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 6 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. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Dي
  6. 06Mة
Composedعالْية
عالْية
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