almadina
the cityThe word, broken down.
اَلْمَدينة 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 plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
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 →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05L→م
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07]→د
- 08D→ي
- 09K→ن
- 10M→ة