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The word
موسيقى

musiqa

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Arabicموسيقى
Arabizimusiqa
Translationmusic
TypeWord
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

موسيقى 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
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
03
Letter
س
sīn
s

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

Type:S
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
05
Letter
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
06
Letter
ى
alif maqṣūra
ā

A dotless yāʾ that sounds like a long 'a'; only ever at a word's end.

Type:N
← 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. 02,و
  3. 03Sس
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05Rق
  6. 06Nى
Composedموسيقى
موسيقى
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