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The word
بِنْطال

bintal

a pair of pants
Arabicبِنْطال
Arabizibintal
Translationa pair of pants
TypeMasculine
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بِنْطال 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
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
04
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ

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

Type:'
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
06
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
← 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 — 7 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+Aـِkasra
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05'ط
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Gل
Composedبِنْطال
بِنْطال
Practice

Type بِنْطال until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Clothes session.

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