The word
اَلْأَزْهَر
alazhar
Al-AzharArabicاَلْأَزْهَر
Arabizialazhar
TranslationAl-Azhar
TypeMasculine proper noun
CategoryEducation →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْأَزْهَر 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
04
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ز
zāy
z
A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.
Type:.
07
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
08
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
09
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 — 11 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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05Shift+H→أ
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07.→ز
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09I→ه
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11V→ر
Composedاَلْأَزْهَر