The word
فيلْم
film
movie, a movieArabicفيلْم
Arabizifilm
Translationmovie, a movie
TypeMasculine
CategoryHobbies →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
فيلْم 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
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
03
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
04
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
← 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
- 01T→ف
- 02D→ي
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05L→م
Composedفيلْم