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The word
بَرْلين

barlin

Berlin
Arabicبَرْلين
Arabizibarlin
TranslationBerlin
TypeFeminine noun
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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Fب
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Vر
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Dي
  7. 07Kن
Composedبَرْلين
بَرْلين
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