The word
كِتاب
kitab
a book, bookArabicكِتاب
Arabizikitab
Translationa book, book
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHome →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
كِتاب 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
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
← 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03J→ت
- 04H→ا
- 05F→ب
Composedكِتاب