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The word
هارْفارْد

harfard

Harvard
Arabicهارْفارْد
Arabiziharfard
TranslationHarvard
TypeProper noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

هارْفارْد 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
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
03
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
04
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
07
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
← 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 — 9 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. 02Hا
  3. 03Vر
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Tف
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Vر
  8. 08Shift+Xـْ
  9. 09]د
Composedهارْفارْد
هارْفارْد
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