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The word
مُحامي

mu7ami

lawyer, a lawyer
Arabicمُحامي
Arabizimu7ami
Translationlawyer, a lawyer
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُحامي 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
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
05
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Pح
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Lم
  6. 06Dي
Composedمُحامي
مُحامي
Practice

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