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The word
مُتَرجِم

mutarjim

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Arabicمُتَرجِم
Arabizimutarjim
Translationtranslator, interpreter, a translator
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُتَرجِم 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
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
06
Letter
ج
jīm
j

A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.

Type:[
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
← 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. 03Jت
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06[ج
  7. 07Shift+Aـِkasra
  8. 08Lم
Composedمُتَرجِم
مُتَرجِم
Practice

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