The word
جاكيت
jakit
jacket, a jacketArabicجاكيت
Arabizijakit
Translationjacket, a jacket
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryThe alphabet →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
جاكيت reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ج
jīm
j
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
Type:[
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
05
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
← 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 — 5 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
- 01[→ج
- 02H→ا
- 03;→ك
- 04D→ي
- 05J→ت
Composedجاكيت