liannaha
because she, because itThe word, broken down.
لِأَنَّها 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 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 9 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03Shift+H→أ
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05K→ن
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08I→ه
- 09H→ا