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The word
مُهَنْدِس

muhandis

an engineer, engineer
Arabicمُهَنْدِس
Arabizimuhandis
Translationan engineer, engineer
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُهَنْدِس 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
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
06
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
← 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 — 9 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. 03Iه
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Shift+Xـْ
  7. 07]د
  8. 08Shift+Aـِkasra
  9. 09Sس
Composedمُهَنْدِس
مُهَنْدِس
Practice

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