The word
بَرْلين
barlin
BerlinArabicبَرْلين
Arabizibarlin
TranslationBerlin
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryEducation →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
بَرْلين 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
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
04
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
05
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
06
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
← 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
- 01F→ب
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05G→ل
- 06D→ي
- 07K→ن
Composedبَرْلين