The word
الْمَطَر
almatar
rainArabicالْمَطَر
Arabizialmatar
Translationrain
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryWeather →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
الْمَطَر 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
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
03
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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
- 01H→ا
- 02G→ل
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04L→م
- 05Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 06'→ط
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08V→ر
Composedالْمَطَر