The word
دينار
dinar
a dinarArabicدينار
Arabizidinar
Translationa dinar
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
دينار 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
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
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
- 02D→ي
- 03K→ن
- 04H→ا
- 05V→ر
Composedدينار