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The word
فَساتين

fasatin

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Arabicفَساتين
Arabizifasatin
Translationdresses
TypeWord
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

فَساتين 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
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
05
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
07
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
← 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
  1. 01Tف
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Sس
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Jت
  6. 06Dي
  7. 07Kن
Composedفَساتين
فَساتين
Practice

Type فَساتين until your fingers know it.

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