The word
عُمانِيّ
3umani
OmaniArabicعُمانِيّ
Arabizi3umani
TranslationOmani
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
عُمانِيّ 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
08
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
← 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 — 8 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 →Sequence
- 01U→ع
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03L→م
- 04H→ا
- 05K→ن
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
Composedعُمانِيّ