qahwa sith
Seth's coffeeThe word, broken down.
قَهْوَة سيث reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
The 'th' in 'think'. Three dots above the body.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 11 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 →- 01R→ق
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03I→ه
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05,→و
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07M→ة
- 08Space→
- 09S→س
- 10D→ي
- 11E→ث