The word
الْسَّرير
assarir
bed, the bedArabicالْسَّرير
Arabiziassarir
Translationbed, the bed
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHome →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
الْسَّرير 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
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
03
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
08
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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 — 9 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
- 02G→ل
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04S→س
- 05Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07V→ر
- 08D→ي
- 09V→ر
Composedالْسَّرير