mama
mum, mamaThe word, broken down.
ماما reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
What does mama mean in Arabizi?
mama is how you write ماما in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “mum, mama”. No numbers in this one; it spells out in plain Latin letters.
New to the chat alphabet? See how every letter and number maps: the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
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.
Want the keys under your fingers first? The mixed session on our Arabic typing practice page runs through words from every set.
Open the typing practice →- 01L→م
- 02H→ا
- 03L→م
- 04H→ا
This word is one of the site’s own additions to the list: it is too common in everyday speech to leave out, and the subtitle corpus does not rank it. More on the acknowledgements page.