The word
مُعَلِّم
mu3allim
professor, a teacher, teacherArabicمُعَلِّم
Arabizimu3allim
Translationprofessor, a teacher, teacher
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
مُعَلِّم 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
08
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 — 8 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03U→ع
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05G→ل
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08L→م
Composedمُعَلِّم
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