The word
اَلْطَّقْس
attaqs
weather, the weatherArabicاَلْطَّقْس
Arabiziattaqs
Translationweather, the weather
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryWeather →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اَلْطَّقْس 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
04
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
05
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ق
qāf
q
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
Type:R
08
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
← 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 — 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 →Sequence
- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05'→ط
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08R→ق
- 09Shift+X→ـْ
- 10S→س
Composedاَلْطَّقْس