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The word
هُناك

hunak

there are, there, there is
Arabicهُناك
Arabizihunak
Translationthere are, there, there is
TypeAdverb
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

هُناك 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
05
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

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 — 5 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. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05;ك
Composedهُناك
هُناك
Practice

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