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The word
أَلْمانْيا

almania

Germany
Arabicأَلْمانْيا
Arabizialmania
TranslationGermany
TypeFeminine proper noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

أَلْمانْيا reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa

A glottal stop carried on an alif.

Type:Shift+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
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
06
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
08
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
← 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
  1. 01Shift+Hأ
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Lم
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Kن
  8. 08Shift+Xـْ
  9. 09Dي
  10. 10Hا
Composedأَلْمانْيا
أَلْمانْيا
Practice

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