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The word
مَها

maha

Maha
Arabicمَها
Arabizimaha
TranslationMaha
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مَها 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
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
← 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 — 4 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. 03Iه
  4. 04Hا
Composedمَها
مَها
Practice

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