fursha asnan
toothbrush, a toothbrushThe word, broken down.
فُرْشاة أَسْنان reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 15 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 →- 01T→ف
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05A→ش
- 06H→ا
- 07M→ة
- 08Space→
- 09Shift+H→أ
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11S→س
- 12Shift+X→ـْ
- 13K→ن
- 14H→ا
- 15K→ن