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The word
حِزام

7izam

a belt, belt
Arabicحِزام
Arabizi7izam
Translationa belt, belt
TypeWord
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

حِزام 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
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ز
zāy
z

A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.

Type:.
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
05
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 — 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
  1. 01Pح
  2. 02Shift+Aـِkasra
  3. 03.ز
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Lم
Composedحِزام
حِزام
Practice

Type حِزام until your fingers know it.

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