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The word
جَيِّداً

jayyidan

good, well
Arabicجَيِّداً
Arabizijayyidan
Translationgood, well
TypeAdverb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

جَيِّداً 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
08
Diacritic
ـً
tanwīn fatḥ
an

Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.

Type:Shift+W
← 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 — 8 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
  1. 01[ج
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Dي
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
  6. 06]د
  7. 07Hا
  8. 08Shift+Wـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedجَيِّداً
جَيِّداً
Practice

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