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The word
ناس

nas

people
Arabicناس
Arabizinas
Translationpeople
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

ناس 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
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
03
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 — 3 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Kن
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Sس
Composedناس
ناس
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