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The word
فَريد

farid

Farid
Arabicفَريد
Arabizifarid
TranslationFarid
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

فَريد 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
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
05
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
← 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. 03Vر
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05]د
Composedفَريد
فَريد
Practice

Type فَريد until your fingers know it.

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