jawaz safar
passport, a passportThe word, broken down.
جَواز سَفَر reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 11 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 →- 01[→ج
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03,→و
- 04H→ا
- 05.→ز
- 06Space→
- 07S→س
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09T→ف
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11V→ر