The word
قَهْوَتي
qahwati
my coffeeArabicقَهْوَتي
Arabiziqahwati
Translationmy coffee
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
قَهْوَتي 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
04
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
07
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 — 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
- 01R→ق
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03I→ه
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05,→و
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07J→ت
- 08D→ي
Composedقَهْوَتي