The word
غالْية
ghali
expensiveArabicغالْية
Arabizighali
Translationexpensive
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryHome →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
غالْية reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
غ
ghayn
gh
A gargled 'r', like the French 'r'. Like ʿayn, with a dot above.
Type:Y
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
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
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
Type:M
← 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 — 6 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
- 01Y→غ
- 02H→ا
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05D→ي
- 06M→ة
Composedغالْية