The word
مَكْسور
maksur
brokenArabicمَكْسور
Arabizimaksur
Translationbroken
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryHome →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
مَكْسور 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
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
04
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
05
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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
- 03;→ك
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05S→س
- 06,→و
- 07V→ر
Composedمَكْسور