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The word
كافْية

kafi

enough
Arabicكافْية
Arabizikafi
Translationenough
TypeFeminine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

كافْية reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

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
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
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
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01;ك
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Tف
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Dي
  6. 06Mة
Composedكافْية
كافْية
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