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The word
لِأَنَّهُ

liannahu

because it, because he
Arabicلِأَنَّهُ
Arabiziliannahu
Translationbecause it, because he
TypeMasculine conjunction
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

لِأَنَّهُ 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
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
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
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
09
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
← 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 — 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01Gل
  2. 02Shift+Aـِkasra
  3. 03Shift+Hأ
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08Iه
  9. 09Shift+Eـُḍamma
Composedلِأَنَّهُ
لِأَنَّهُ
Practice

Type لِأَنَّهُ until your fingers know it.

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