The word
دُكتور
duktur
physician, a doctor, doctorArabicدُكتور
Arabiziduktur
Translationphysician, a doctor, doctor
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
دُكتور 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
04
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
05
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
06
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 — 6 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03;→ك
- 04J→ت
- 05,→و
- 06V→ر
Composedدُكتور