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The word
مُمتِع

mumti3

fun, entertaining
Arabicمُمتِع
Arabizimumti3
Translationfun, entertaining
TypeMasculine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُمتِع 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
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ

A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.

Type:U
← 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. 03Lم
  4. 04Jت
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
  6. 06Uع
Composedمُمتِع
مُمتِع
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