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The word
امْرَأة

amraa

woman, a woman
Arabicامْرَأة
Arabiziamraa
Translationwoman, a woman
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

امْرَأة 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
م
mīm
m

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

Type:L
03
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa

A glottal stop carried on an alif.

Type:Shift+H
06
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 7 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Hا
  2. 02Lم
  3. 03Shift+Xـْ
  4. 04Vر
  5. 05Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  6. 06Shift+Hأ
  7. 07Mة
Composedامْرَأة
امْرَأة
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