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The word
قاضي

qadi

judge, a judge
Arabicقاضي
Arabiziqadi
Translationjudge, a judge
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryFamily
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

قاضي reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
03
Letter
ض
ḍād

An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.

Type:Q
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
← 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 — 4 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. 01Rق
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Qض
  4. 04Dي
Composedقاضي
قاضي
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