amstirdam
AmsterdamThe word, broken down.
أَمْسْتِرْدام 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 plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 13 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
- 05S→س
- 06Shift+X→ـْ
- 07J→ت
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09V→ر
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11]→د
- 12H→ا
- 13L→م