maktab alustadh
the professor's officeThe word, broken down.
مَكْتَب اَلْأُسْتاذ 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 'k'.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 19 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;→ك
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05J→ت
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07F→ب
- 08Space→
- 09H→ا
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11G→ل
- 12Shift+X→ـْ
- 13Shift+H→أ
- 14Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 15S→س
- 16Shift+X→ـْ
- 17J→ت
- 18H→ا
- 19`→ذ