madina lus anjilis
the city of Los AngelesThe word, broken down.
مَدينة لوس أَنْجِلِس reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 20 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 →- 01L→م
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03]→د
- 04D→ي
- 05K→ن
- 06M→ة
- 07Space→
- 08G→ل
- 09,→و
- 10S→س
- 11Space→
- 12Shift+H→أ
- 13Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 14K→ن
- 15Shift+X→ـْ
- 16[→ج
- 17Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 18G→ل
- 19Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 20S→س