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The word
هولَنْدا

hulanda

Holland
Arabicهولَنْدا
Arabizihulanda
TranslationHolland
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

هولَنْدا 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
و
wāw
w / ū

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

Type:,
03
Letter
ل
lām
l

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

Type:G
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
06
Letter
د
dāl
d

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

Type:]
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
← 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 — 8 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. 01Iه
  2. 02,و
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Shift+Xـْ
  7. 07]د
  8. 08Hا
Composedهولَنْدا
هولَنْدا
Practice

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