The word
اِسْمي
ismi
my nameArabicاِسْمي
Arabiziismi
Translationmy name
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
اِسْمي 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
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 — 6 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
- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03S→س
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05L→م
- 06D→ي
Composedاِسْمي