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The word
اِسْمهُ

ismhu

his name
Arabicاِسْمهُ
Arabiziismhu
Translationhis name
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

اِسْمهُ 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
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

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

Type:Shift+E
← 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. 07Shift+Eـُḍamma
Composedاِسْمهُ
اِسْمهُ
Practice

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