The word
كوسا
kusa
courgette, zucchiniArabicكوسا
Arabizikusa
Translationcourgette, zucchini
TypeFeminine
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
كوسا 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
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
03
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
← 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 — 4 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
- 02,→و
- 03S→س
- 04H→ا
Composedكوسا