mubakkiran
earlyThe word, broken down.
مُبَكِّراً 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 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'k'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 10 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03F→ب
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05;→ك
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08V→ر
- 09H→ا
- 10Shift+W→ـًtanwīn fatḥ