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The word
غَنِيّ

ghani

rich
Arabicغَنِيّ
Arabizighani
Translationrich
TypeMasculine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

غَنِيّ 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
← 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
  1. 01Yغ
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Dي
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
Composedغَنِيّ
غَنِيّ
Practice

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