atamanna
I hopeThe word, broken down.
أَتَمَنّى 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 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
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 — 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 →- 01Shift+H→أ
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03J→ت
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05L→م
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07K→ن
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 09N→ى