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The word
خَلْفها

khalfha

behind her
Arabicخَلْفها
Arabizikhalfha
Translationbehind her
TypeWord
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
خ
khāʾ
kh

The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.

Type:O
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
ف
fāʾ
f

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

Type:T
05
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Oخ
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Tف
  6. 06Iه
  7. 07Hا
Composedخَلْفها
خَلْفها
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