The word
قَوِيّة
qawiya
strongArabicقَوِيّة
Arabiziqawiya
Translationstrong
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryHealth & the body →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
قَوِيّة 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
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
07
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
Type:M
← 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
- 01R→ق
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03,→و
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05D→ي
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07M→ة
Composedقَوِيّة