The word
كَنَدِيّ
kanadi
CanadianArabicكَنَدِيّ
Arabizikanadi
TranslationCanadian
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
كَنَدِيّ 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
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
د
dāl
d
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
Type:]
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
08
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
← 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
- 01;→ك
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03K→ن
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05]→د
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
Composedكَنَدِيّ