ba3d azzuhr
in the afternoon, this afternoonThe word, broken down.
بَعْد اَلْظُّهْر reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
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.
An emphatic 'dh' — the deep cousin of dhāl.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 16 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 →- 01F→ب
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03U→ع
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05]→د
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11/→ظ
- 12Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 13Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 14I→ه
- 15Shift+X→ـْ
- 16V→ر