The word
ما بِكَ
ma bika
what is wrongArabicما بِكَ
Arabizima bika
Translationwhat is wrong
TypeMasculine
CategoryHealth & the body →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
ما بِكَ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
← 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 — 7 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
- 01L→م
- 02H→ا
- 03Space→
- 04F→ب
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06;→ك
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
Composedما بِكَ