nazzarat
glassesThe word, broken down.
نَظّارات reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
An emphatic 'dh' — the deep cousin of dhāl.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
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 →- 01K→ن
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03/→ظ
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05H→ا
- 06V→ر
- 07H→ا
- 08J→ت