The word
مَطْعَم
mat3am
restaurantArabicمَطْعَم
Arabizimat3am
Translationrestaurant
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
مَطْعَم 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
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
04
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01L→م
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03'→ط
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05U→ع
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07L→م
Composedمَطْعَم