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The word
مُتَفَرِّغ

mutafarrigh

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Arabicمُتَفَرِّغ
Arabizimutafarrigh
Translationfree
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryTime
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُتَفَرِّغ 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
ت
tāʾ
t

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

Type:J
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
08
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
09
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
10
Letter
غ
ghayn
gh

A gargled 'r', like the French 'r'. Like ʿayn, with a dot above.

Type:Y
← 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 — 10 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. 03Jت
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Tف
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Vر
  8. 08Shift+`ـّshadda
  9. 09Shift+Aـِkasra
  10. 10Yغ
Composedمُتَفَرِّغ
مُتَفَرِّغ
Practice

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