The word
مُثَقَّف
muthaqqaf
culturedArabicمُثَقَّف
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
- 01L→م
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03E→ث
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05R→ق
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08T→ف
Composedمُثَقَّف