The word
مَعاطِف
ma3atif
coatsLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
مَعاطِف 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
← 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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03U→ع
- 04H→ا
- 05'→ط
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07T→ف
Composedمَعاطِف