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The word
لُبنانِيّ

lubnani

Lebanese
Arabicلُبنانِيّ
Arabizilubnani
TranslationLebanese
TypeMasculine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

لُبنانِيّ 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u

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

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

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

Type:F
04
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
06
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
09
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

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

Type:Shift+`
← 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+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Kن
  5. 05Hا
  6. 06Kن
  7. 07Shift+Aـِkasra
  8. 08Dي
  9. 09Shift+`ـّshadda
Composedلُبنانِيّ
لُبنانِيّ
Practice

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