aliijar
the rentThe word, broken down.
اَلْإيجار reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
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 →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05Shift+Y→إ
- 06D→ي
- 07[→ج
- 08H→ا
- 09V→ر