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The word
نُفَرِّش

nufarrish

we brush, brush
Arabicنُفَرِّش
Arabizinufarrish
Translationwe brush, brush
TypeVerb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

نُفَرِّش 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
ش
shīn
sh

The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.

Type:A
← 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 — 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01Kن
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Tف
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Shift+Aـِkasra
  8. 08Aش
Composedنُفَرِّش
نُفَرِّش
Practice

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