atta3arruf 3ala
to meet, meetingThe word, broken down.
اَلْتَّعَرُّف عَلى 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 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above 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 — 18 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
- 05J→ت
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08U→ع
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10V→ر
- 11Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 12Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 13T→ف
- 14Space→
- 15U→ع
- 16Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 17G→ل
- 18N→ى