The word
اَلْنَّوْم
annawm
to sleep, sleep, sleepingArabicاَلْنَّوْم
Arabiziannawm
Translationto sleep, sleep, sleeping
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHobbies →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْنَّوْم 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
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
05
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
08
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
← 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
- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05K→ن
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08,→و
- 09Shift+X→ـْ
- 10L→م
Composedاَلْنَّوْم