arabictyper
The word
باص

bas

bus
Arabicباص
Arabizibas
Translationbus
TypeMasculine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

باص 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
ص
ṣād

An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.

Type:W
← 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 — 3 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. 02Hا
  3. 03Wص
Composedباص
باص
Practice

Type باص until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Travel & places session.

Practice just basStart the Travel & places set