The word
الْعالْية
al3ali
highArabicالْعالْية
Arabizial3ali
Translationhigh
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryWeather →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
الْعالْية reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
02
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
07
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 — 9 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
- 01H→ا
- 02G→ل
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04U→ع
- 05H→ا
- 06G→ل
- 07Shift+X→ـْ
- 08D→ي
- 09M→ة
Composedالْعالْية