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The word
الْسّودان

assudan

Sudan
Arabicالْسّودان
Arabiziassudan
TranslationSudan
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

الْسّودان 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
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
06
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
08
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
← 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
  1. 01Hا
  2. 02Gل
  3. 03Shift+Xـْ
  4. 04Sس
  5. 05Shift+`ـّshadda
  6. 06,و
  7. 07]د
  8. 08Hا
  9. 09Kن
Composedالْسّودان
الْسّودان
Practice

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