The word
اَلْمَطَر
almatar
the rainArabicاَلْمَطَر
Arabizialmatar
Translationthe rain
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryWeather →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْمَطَر 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
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
08
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 — 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 →Sequence
- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05L→م
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07'→ط
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09V→ر
Composedاَلْمَطَر