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The word
آكُل

akul

I eat
Arabicآكُل
Arabiziakul
TranslationI eat
TypeWord
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
آ
alif madda
ā

A long 'aa' — an alif with a wave on top that stretches the vowel.

Type:Shift+N
02
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
03
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
04
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
← 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 — 4 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. 01Shift+Nآ
  2. 02;ك
  3. 03Shift+Eـُḍamma
  4. 04Gل
Composedآكُل
آكُل
Practice

Type آكُل until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Food & drink session.

Practice just akulStart the Food & drink set