kura alqadam
soccerThe word, broken down.
كُرة اَلْقَدَم reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 'k'.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
What does kura alqadam mean in Arabizi?
kura alqadam is how you write كُرة اَلْقَدَم in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “soccer”. No numbers in this one; it spells out in plain Latin letters.
New to the chat alphabet? See how every letter and number maps: the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 14 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
It sits in the hobbies lesson of our Arabic typing practice course, if you would rather drill it next to the words it turns up with.
Practice typing this word →- 01;→ك
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03V→ر
- 04M→ة
- 05Space→
- 06H→ا
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08G→ل
- 09Shift+X→ـْ
- 10R→ق
- 11Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 12]→د
- 13Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 14L→م