ila alliqa'
until next timeThe word, broken down.
إِلى الْلِّقاء reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A dotless yāʾ that sounds like a long 'a'; only ever at a word's end.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop — the catch in the middle of 'uh-oh'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 14 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 →- 01Shift+Y→إ
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03G→ل
- 04N→ى
- 05Space→
- 06H→ا
- 07G→ل
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 11Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 12R→ق
- 13H→ا
- 14X→ء