The word
نَفْس
nafs
sameArabicنَفْس
Arabizinafs
Translationsame
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
نَفْس 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
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
← 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 — 5 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
- 05S→س
Composedنَفْس