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The word
عُمَر

3umar

Omar
Arabicعُمَر
Arabizi3umar
TranslationOmar
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

عُمَر 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
← 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 — 5 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+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Lم
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Vر
Composedعُمَر
عُمَر
Practice

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