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The word
حَمّام

7ammam

bathroom, a bathroom
Arabicحَمّام
Arabizi7ammam
Translationbathroom, a bathroom
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

حَمّام reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
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
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
06
Letter
م
mīm
m

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

Type:L
← 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 — 6 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
  1. 01Pح
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Lم
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Hا
  6. 06Lم
Composedحَمّام
حَمّام
Practice

Type حَمّام until your fingers know it.

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