The word
دِمَشْق
dimashq
DamascusArabicدِمَشْق
Arabizidimashq
TranslationDamascus
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
دِمَشْق 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
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ش
shīn
sh
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
Type:A
06
Letter
ق
qāf
q
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
Type:R
← 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
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03L→م
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05A→ش
- 06Shift+X→ـْ
- 07R→ق
Composedدِمَشْق
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