The word
حُمُّصاً
7ummusan
hummus, chickpeasArabicحُمُّصاً
Arabizi7ummusan
Translationhummus, chickpeas
TypeMasculine
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
حُمُّصاً 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
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
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
06
Letter
ص
ṣād
ṣ
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
Type:W
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
08
Diacritic
ـً
tanwīn fatḥ
an
Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.
Type:Shift+W
← 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
- 01P→ح
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03L→م
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 06W→ص
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+W→ـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedحُمُّصاً