The word
حارّة
7arra
hotArabicحارّة
Arabizi7arra
Translationhot
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryWeather →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
حارّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
Type:M
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01P→ح
- 02H→ا
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05M→ة
Composedحارّة