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The word
اَلْجَري

aljari

to run, running
Arabicاَلْجَري
Arabizialjari
Translationto run, running
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHobbies
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

اَلْجَري 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
ج
jīm
j

A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.

Type:[
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
← 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
  1. 01Hا
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05[ج
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Vر
  8. 08Dي
Composedاَلْجَري
اَلْجَري
Practice

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