khudraut
vegetablesThe word, broken down.
خُضْراوات reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 9 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 →- 01O→خ
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03Q→ض
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05V→ر
- 06H→ا
- 07,→و
- 08H→ا
- 09J→ت