The word
مالْطا
malta
MaltaArabicمالْطا
Arabizimalta
TranslationMalta
TypeFeminine pronoun
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
مالْطا 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
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
04
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
05
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 — 6 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
- 02H→ا
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05'→ط
- 06H→ا
Composedمالْطا