The word
إيطالْيا
iitalia
ItalyArabicإيطالْيا
Arabiziiitalia
TranslationItaly
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryHobbies →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
إيطالْيا reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
إ
hamza under alif
ʾi
A glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
Type:Shift+Y
02
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
03
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
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
- 01Shift+Y→إ
- 02D→ي
- 03'→ط
- 04H→ا
- 05G→ل
- 06Shift+X→ـْ
- 07D→ي
- 08H→ا
Composedإيطالْيا