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The word
بَطاطا

batata

potatoes
Arabicبَطاطا
Arabizibatata
Translationpotatoes
TypeFeminine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بَطاطا 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
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
05
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
06
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
  1. 01Fب
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03'ط
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05'ط
  6. 06Hا
Composedبَطاطا
بَطاطا
Practice

Type بَطاطا until your fingers know it.

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