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The word
مِعْطَف

mi3taf

coat
Arabicمِعْطَف
Arabizimi3taf
Translationcoat
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مِعْطَف 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
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ

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

Type:U
04
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
← 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
  1. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Aـِkasra
  3. 03Uع
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05'ط
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Tف
Composedمِعْطَف
مِعْطَف
Practice

Type مِعْطَف until your fingers know it.

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