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The word
دَرْس

dars

lesson, a lesson
Arabicدَرْس
Arabizidars
Translationlesson, a lesson
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHobbies
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

دَرْس 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
04
Letter
س
sīn
s

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

Type:S
← 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
  1. 01]د
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Vر
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Sس
Composedدَرْس
دَرْس
Practice

Type دَرْس until your fingers know it.

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