mat3am mu7ammad
Mohamed's restaurantThe word, broken down.
مَطْعَم مُحَمَّد 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.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 16 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
- 03'→ط
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05U→ع
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07L→م
- 08Space→
- 09L→م
- 10Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 11P→ح
- 12Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 13L→م
- 14Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 15Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 16]→د