The word
نَفْهَم
nafham
we understandArabicنَفْهَم
Arabizinafham
Translationwe understand
TypeVerb
CategoryDaily routine →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
نَفْهَم reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
04
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
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 — 7 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
- 01K→ن
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03T→ف
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05I→ه
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07L→م
Composedنَفْهَم