The word
لِماذا
limadha
whyLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
لِماذا 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
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ذ
dhāl
dh
The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.
Type:`
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
← 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 — 6 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
- 01G→ل
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03L→م
- 04H→ا
- 05`→ذ
- 06H→ا
Composedلِماذا