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The word
بُنِّيّة

bunni

brown
Arabicبُنِّيّة
Arabizibunni
Translationbrown
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بُنِّيّة 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u

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

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
07
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
08
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.

Practice typing this word →
Sequence
  1. 01Fب
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
  6. 06Dي
  7. 07Shift+`ـّshadda
  8. 08Mة
Composedبُنِّيّة
بُنِّيّة
Practice

Type بُنِّيّة until your fingers know it.

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