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The word
مُشْكِلة

mushkila

a problem, problem
Arabicمُشْكِلة
Arabizimushkila
Translationa problem, problem
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُشْكِلة 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
ش
shīn
sh

The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.

Type:A
04
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
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.

Practice typing this word →
Sequence
  1. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Aش
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05;ك
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Gل
  8. 08Mة
Composedمُشْكِلة
مُشْكِلة
Practice

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