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The word
مَكْسور

maksur

broken
Arabicمَكْسور
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
  1. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03;ك
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Sس
  6. 06,و
  7. 07Vر
Composedمَكْسور
مَكْسور
Practice

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