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The word
عَمَلها

3amalha

her work
Arabicعَمَلها
Arabizi3amalha
Translationher work
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

عَمَلها 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ل
lām
l

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

Type:G
06
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
← 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 — 7 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. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Lم
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Iه
  7. 07Hا
Composedعَمَلها
عَمَلها
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