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The word
مُطَلَّق

mutallaq

divorced
Arabicمُطَلَّق
Arabizimutallaq
Translationdivorced
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryFamily
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُطَلَّق 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
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ل
lām
l

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

Type:G
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

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

Type:Shift+`
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ق
qāf
q

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

Type:R
← 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. 03'ط
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08Rق
Composedمُطَلَّق
مُطَلَّق
Practice

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