3ilm al7asub
computer scienceThe word, broken down.
عِلْم اَلْحاسوب 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 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 15 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05L→م
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11P→ح
- 12H→ا
- 13S→س
- 14,→و
- 15F→ب