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The word
لاب توب

lab tub

laptop
Arabicلاب توب
Arabizilab tub
Translationlaptop
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

لاب توب 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
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
04
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
05
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
06
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
← 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 — 7 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Gل
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Space
  5. 05Jت
  6. 06,و
  7. 07Fب
Composedلاب توب
لاب توب
Practice

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