The word
دائِماً
da'iman
alwaysArabicدائِماً
Arabizida'iman
Translationalways
TypeAdverb
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
دائِماً reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
د
dāl
d
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
Type:]
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ئ
hamza on yāʾ
ʾ
A glottal stop carried on a dotless yāʾ.
Type:Z
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
07
Diacritic
ـً
tanwīn fatḥ
an
Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.
Type:Shift+W
← 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
- 01]→د
- 02H→ا
- 03Z→ئ
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05L→م
- 06H→ا
- 07Shift+W→ـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedدائِماً