The word
بامْيا
bamia
some okra, okraArabicبامْيا
Arabizibamia
Translationsome okra, okra
TypeFeminine
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
بامْيا 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
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01F→ب
- 02H→ا
- 03L→م
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05D→ي
- 06H→ا
Composedبامْيا