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The word
بِسُرْعة

bisur3a

quickly
Arabicبِسُرْعة
Arabizibisur3a
Translationquickly
TypeFeminine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بِسُرْعة 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
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
04
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
06
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ

A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.

Type:U
07
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 8 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. 03Sس
  4. 04Shift+Eـُḍamma
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06Shift+Xـْ
  7. 07Uع
  8. 08Mة
Composedبِسُرْعة
بِسُرْعة
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