The word
الْعِراق
al3iraq
IraqArabicالْعِراق
Arabizial3iraq
TranslationIraq
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
الْعِراق 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
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
07
Letter
ق
qāf
q
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
Type:R
← 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
- 01H→ا
- 02G→ل
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04U→ع
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06V→ر
- 07H→ا
- 08R→ق
Composedالْعِراق