assafar ila
to travel to, traveling toThe word, broken down.
اَلْسَّفَر إِلى 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.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A dotless yāʾ that sounds like a long 'a'; only ever at a word's end.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 15 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
- 05S→س
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08T→ف
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10V→ر
- 11Space→
- 12Shift+Y→إ
- 13Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 14G→ل
- 15N→ى