kam assa3a
what time is itThe word, broken down.
كَم اَلْسّاعة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'k'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 13 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;→ك
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03L→م
- 04Space→
- 05H→ا
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07G→ل
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09S→س
- 10Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 11H→ا
- 12U→ع
- 13M→ة