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The word
كُلّ شَيْء

kull shay'

everything
Arabicكُلّ شَيْء
Arabizikull shay'
Translationeverything
TypeWord
CategoryNumbers
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

كُلّ شَيْء 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
ش
shīn
sh

The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.

Type:A
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
08
Letter
ء
hamza
ʾ

A glottal stop — the catch in the middle of 'uh-oh'.

Type:X
← 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 — 10 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
  1. 01;ك
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Space
  6. 06Aش
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08Dي
  9. 09Shift+Xـْ
  10. 10Xء
Composedكُلّ شَيْء
كُلّ شَيْء
Practice

Type كُلّ شَيْء until your fingers know it.

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