The word
اَلْأُرْدُن
alurdun
JordanArabicاَلْأُرْدُن
Arabizialurdun
TranslationJordan
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْأُرْدُن 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
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
05
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
07
Letter
د
dāl
d
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
Type:]
08
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
09
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 — 11 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
- 05Shift+H→أ
- 06Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 07V→ر
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09]→د
- 10Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 11K→ن
Composedاَلْأُرْدُن