The word
اَلْغُرْفة
alghurfa
the roomArabicاَلْغُرْفة
Arabizialghurfa
Translationthe room
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryHome →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْغُرْفة 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
غ
ghayn
gh
A gargled 'r', like the French 'r'. Like ʿayn, with a dot above.
Type:Y
05
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
07
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
08
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 — 10 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
- 05Y→غ
- 06Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 07V→ر
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09T→ف
- 10M→ة
Composedاَلْغُرْفة