The word
كَثير
kathir
a lot, a lot ofArabicكَثير
Arabizikathir
Translationa lot, a lot of
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
كَثير 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
ث
thāʾ
th
The 'th' in 'think'. Three dots above the body.
Type:E
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
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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 — 5 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
- 03E→ث
- 04D→ي
- 05V→ر
Composedكَثير