The word
اَلْبَيْت
albayt
the house, the homeArabicاَلْبَيْت
Arabizialbayt
Translationthe house, the home
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْبَيْت 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
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
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
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
← 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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05F→ب
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09J→ت
Composedاَلْبَيْت