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The word
باحِثة

ba7itha

a researcher
Arabicباحِثة
Arabiziba7itha
Translationa researcher
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

باحِثة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ث
thāʾ
th

The 'th' in 'think'. Three dots above the body.

Type:E
06
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 6 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. 01Fب
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Pح
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Eث
  6. 06Mة
Composedباحِثة
باحِثة
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