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The word
أَفْقَر

afqar

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Arabicأَفْقَر
Arabiziafqar
Translationpoorer
TypeMasculine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa

A glottal stop carried on an alif.

Type:Shift+H
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
04
Letter
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
06
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 — 7 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. 01Shift+Hأ
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Tف
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Rق
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Vر
Composedأَفْقَر
أَفْقَر
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