The word
مِهْنة
mihna
a professionArabicمِهْنة
Arabizimihna
Translationa profession
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryJobs & work →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
مِهْنة 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
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
04
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
05
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
Type:M
← 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 — 6 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03I→ه
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05K→ن
- 06M→ة
Composedمِهْنة