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The word
لا أَحَد

la a7ad

no one
Arabicلا أَحَد
Arabizila a7ad
Translationno one
TypeMasculine
CategoryFamily
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

لا أَحَد 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
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
← 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 — 8 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. 01Gل
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Space
  4. 04Shift+Hأ
  5. 05Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  6. 06Pح
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08]د
Composedلا أَحَد
لا أَحَد
Practice

Type لا أَحَد until your fingers know it.

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