The word
غَسّان
ghassan
GhassanArabicغَسّان
Arabizighassan
TranslationGhassan
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
غَسّان 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
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
06
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 — 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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03S→س
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05H→ا
- 06K→ن
Composedغَسّان