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The word
اِسْمها

ismha

her name
Arabicاِسْمها
Arabiziismha
Translationher name
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

اِسْمها 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
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
04
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
05
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
06
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 — 7 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. 03Sس
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Lم
  6. 06Iه
  7. 07Hا
Composedاِسْمها
اِسْمها
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