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The word
اِفْتَحي

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Arabicاِفْتَحي
Arabiziifta7i
Translationopen
TypeFeminine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
02
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

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

Type:T
04
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Hا
  2. 02Shift+Aـِkasra
  3. 03Tف
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Jت
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Pح
  8. 08Dي
Composedاِفْتَحي
اِفْتَحي
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