The word
لا أَعْرِف
la a3rif
I do not knowArabicلا أَعْرِف
Arabizila a3rif
TranslationI do not know
TypeWord
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
لا أَعْرِف reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
← 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
- 01G→ل
- 02H→ا
- 03Space→
- 04Shift+H→أ
- 05Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 06U→ع
- 07Shift+X→ـْ
- 08V→ر
- 09Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 10T→ف
Composedلا أَعْرِف