atakallam
I speak, I am speaking, I am talking, speak, I talkThe word, broken down.
أَتَكَلَّم reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'k'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 10 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 →- 01Shift+H→أ
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03J→ت
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05;→ك
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07G→ل
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10L→م