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The word
مُثَقَّف

muthaqqaf

cultured
Arabicمُثَقَّف
Arabizimuthaqqaf
Translationcultured
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryFamily
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُثَقَّف 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
ث
thāʾ
th

The 'th' in 'think'. Three dots above the body.

Type:E
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ق
qāf
q

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

Type:R
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
ف
fāʾ
f

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

Type:T
← 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. 03Eث
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Rق
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08Tف
Composedمُثَقَّف
مُثَقَّف
Practice

Type مُثَقَّف until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Family session.

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