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The word
اَلْطَّقْس

attaqs

weather, the weather
Arabicاَلْطَّقْس
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

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
  1. 01Hا
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05'ط
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08Rق
  9. 09Shift+Xـْ
  10. 10Sس
Composedاَلْطَّقْس
اَلْطَّقْس
Practice

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