masa' annur
good evening to youThe word, broken down.
مَساء اَلْنّور 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 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop — the catch in the middle of 'uh-oh'.
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 plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 14 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
- 03S→س
- 04H→ا
- 05X→ء
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11K→ن
- 12Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 13,→و
- 14V→ر