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The word
هٰذِهِ الْموزة

hadhihi almuza

this banana
Arabicهٰذِهِ الْموزة
Arabizihadhihi almuza
Translationthis banana
TypeFeminine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

هٰذِهِ الْموزة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
02
Diacritic
ـٰ
dagger alif
ā

A miniature alif standing in for a long 'a'.

Type:
03
Letter
ذ
dhāl
dh

The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.

Type:`
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
08
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
09
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
10
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
11
Letter
ز
zāy
z

A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.

Type:.
12
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 — 13 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Iه
  2. 02`ذ
  3. 03Shift+Aـِkasra
  4. 04Iه
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
  6. 06Space
  7. 07Hا
  8. 08Gل
  9. 09Shift+Xـْ
  10. 10Lم
  11. 11,و
  12. 12.ز
  13. 13Mة
Composedهٰذِهِ الْموزة
هٰذِهِ الْموزة
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