The word
قَريب مِن
qarib min
close toArabicقَريب مِن
Arabiziqarib min
Translationclose to
TypeMasculine
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
قَريب مِن 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
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
05
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
06
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
← 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 — 9 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
- 03V→ر
- 04D→ي
- 05F→ب
- 06Space→
- 07L→م
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09K→ن
Composedقَريب مِن