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The word
الْأُرْدُن

alurdun

Jordan
Arabicالْأُرْدُن
Arabizialurdun
TranslationJordan
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

الْأُرْدُن 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
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa

A glottal stop carried on an alif.

Type:Shift+H
04
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
06
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
07
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
08
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
← 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. 01Hا
  2. 02Gل
  3. 03Shift+Xـْ
  4. 04Shift+Hأ
  5. 05Shift+Eـُḍamma
  6. 06Vر
  7. 07Shift+Xـْ
  8. 08]د
  9. 09Shift+Eـُḍamma
  10. 10Kن
Composedالْأُرْدُن
الْأُرْدُن
Practice

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