3arabi
Arab, ArabicThe word, broken down.
عَرَبِيّة 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 short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05F→ب
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 09M→ة