amriki
AmericanThe word, broken down.
أَمْريكِيّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'k'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
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 →- 01Shift+H→أ
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03L→م
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05V→ر
- 06D→ي
- 07;→ك
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09D→ي
- 10Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 11M→ة