The word
نُسافِر
nusafir
we travelArabicنُسافِر
Arabizinusafir
Translationwe travel
TypeVerb
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
نُسافِر 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
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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 — 7 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03S→س
- 04H→ا
- 05T→ف
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07V→ر
Composedنُسافِر