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The word
مُمْتازة

mumtaza

amazing
Arabicمُمْتازة
Arabizimumtaza
Translationamazing
TypeFeminine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُمْتازة 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
م
mīm
m

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

Type:L
04
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
06
Letter
ز
zāy
z

A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.

Type:.
07
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 — 8 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. 03Lم
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Jت
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07.ز
  8. 08Mة
Composedمُمْتازة
مُمْتازة
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