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The word
الْتِّلْفاز

attilfaz

TV, the television
Arabicالْتِّلْفاز
Arabiziattilfaz
TranslationTV, the television
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

الْتِّلْفاز 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
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
03
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
07
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
08
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
09
Letter
ز
zāy
z

A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.

Type:.
← 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 — 11 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Hا
  2. 02Gل
  3. 03Shift+Xـْ
  4. 04Jت
  5. 05Shift+`ـّshadda
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Gل
  8. 08Shift+Xـْ
  9. 09Tف
  10. 10Hا
  11. 11.ز
Composedالْتِّلْفاز
الْتِّلْفاز
Practice

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