The word
دَوود
dawud
DavidArabicدَوود
Arabizidawud
TranslationDavid
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
دَوود 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
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
04
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
05
Letter
د
dāl
d
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
Type:]
← 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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03,→و
- 04,→و
- 05]→د
Composedدَوود