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The word
ذَكِيّة

dhaki

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Arabicذَكِيّة
Arabizidhaki
Translationsmart
TypeFeminine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

ذَكِيّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ذ
dhāl
dh

The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.

Type:`
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

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

Type:Shift+`
07
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 — 7 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01`ذ
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03;ك
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Dي
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Mة
Composedذَكِيّة
ذَكِيّة
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