bialllugha al3arabi
in ArabicThe word, broken down.
بِالْلُّغة الْعَرَبِيّة 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.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A gargled 'r', like the French 'r'. Like ʿayn, with a dot above.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
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.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 23 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
- 06G→ل
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 08Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 09Y→غ
- 10M→ة
- 11Space→
- 12H→ا
- 13G→ل
- 14Shift+X→ـْ
- 15U→ع
- 16Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 17V→ر
- 18Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 19F→ب
- 20Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 21D→ي
- 22Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 23M→ة