The word
داكار
dakar
DakarArabicداكار
Arabizidakar
TranslationDakar
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryThe alphabet →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
داكار 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
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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 — 5 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
- 03;→ك
- 04H→ا
- 05V→ر
Composedداكار