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The word
بَدَلات

badalat

suits
Arabicبَدَلات
Arabizibadalat
Translationsuits
TypeFeminine
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بَدَلات 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ل
lām
l

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

Type:G
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
07
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

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

Type:J
← 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 — 7 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. 01Fب
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03]د
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Jت
Composedبَدَلات
بَدَلات
Practice

Type بَدَلات until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Clothes session.

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