The word
خَلْفِك
khalfik
behind youArabicخَلْفِك
Arabizikhalfik
Translationbehind you
TypeWord
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
خَلْفِك 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
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
- 01O→خ
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05T→ف
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07;→ك
Composedخَلْفِك