bialddabt
exactlyThe word, broken down.
بِالْضَّبْط reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 11 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 →- 01F→ب
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03H→ا
- 04G→ل
- 05Shift+X→ـْ
- 06Q→ض
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09F→ب
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11'→ط