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The word
مَصْنَع

masna3

the factory of, factory
Arabicمَصْنَع
Arabizimasna3
Translationthe factory of, factory
TypeMasculine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مَصْنَع 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
ص
ṣād

An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.

Type:W
04
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ

A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.

Type:U
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Wص
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Uع
Composedمَصْنَع
مَصْنَع
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