mutarjima
translator, a translator, as a translatorThe word, broken down.
مُتَرْجِمة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
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 →- 01L→م
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03J→ت
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05V→ر
- 06Shift+X→ـْ
- 07[→ج
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09L→م
- 10M→ة