assa7ifa
the newspaperThe word, broken down.
اَلْصَّحيفة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
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 →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05W→ص
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 08P→ح
- 09D→ي
- 10T→ف
- 11M→ة