The word
آسْيا
asia
AsiaArabicآسْيا
Arabiziasia
TranslationAsia
TypeFeminine pronoun
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
آسْيا reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
آ
alif madda
ā
A long 'aa' — an alif with a wave on top that stretches the vowel.
Type:Shift+N
02
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
← 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 — 5 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
- 01Shift+N→آ
- 02S→س
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04D→ي
- 05H→ا
Composedآسْيا