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The word
بِجانِبها

bijanibha

next to her, beside her
Arabicبِجانِبها
Arabizibijanibha
Translationnext to her, beside her
TypeWord
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بِجانِبها 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
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ج
jīm
j

A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.

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
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
08
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
09
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 — 9 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+Aـِkasra
  3. 03[ج
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Fب
  8. 08Iه
  9. 09Hا
Composedبِجانِبها
بِجانِبها
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