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The word
كَلْبِك

kalbik

your dog
Arabicكَلْبِك
Arabizikalbik
Translationyour dog
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

كَلْبِك 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
04
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
← 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 — 7 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;ك
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Fب
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07;ك
Composedكَلْبِك
كَلْبِك
Practice

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