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The word
مَدينَتَك

madinatak

your city
Arabicمَدينَتَك
Arabizimadinatak
Translationyour city
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryFamily
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مَدينَتَك 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
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
08
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
09
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
← 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. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03]د
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Jت
  8. 08Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  9. 09;ك
Composedمَدينَتَك
مَدينَتَك
Practice

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