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a breakThe word, broken down.
اِسْتِراحة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 10 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 →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03S→س
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05J→ت
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07V→ر
- 08H→ا
- 09P→ح
- 10M→ة