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The word
فَأْر

faar

mouse, a mouse
Arabicفَأْر
Arabizifaar
Translationmouse, a mouse
TypeMasculine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa

A glottal stop carried on an alif.

Type:Shift+H
04
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
  1. 01Tف
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Shift+Hأ
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Vر
Composedفَأْر
فَأْر
Practice

Type فَأْر until your fingers know it.

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