laysa 3indi
I do not haveThe word, broken down.
لَيْسَ عِنْدي reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 13 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 →- 01G→ل
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03D→ي
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05S→س
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07Space→
- 08U→ع
- 09Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 10K→ن
- 11Shift+X→ـْ
- 12]→د
- 13D→ي