bijanibha
next to her, beside herThe word, broken down.
بِجانِبها 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 soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
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.
Practice typing this word →- 01F→ب
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03[→ج
- 04H→ا
- 05K→ن
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07F→ب
- 08I→ه
- 09H→ا