nihai alusbu3
the weekendThe word, broken down.
نِهاية اَلْأُسْبوع 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 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 18 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03I→ه
- 04H→ا
- 05D→ي
- 06M→ة
- 07Space→
- 08H→ا
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10G→ل
- 11Shift+X→ـْ
- 12Shift+H→أ
- 13Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 14S→س
- 15Shift+X→ـْ
- 16F→ب
- 17,→و
- 18U→ع