The word
قِطّة
qitta
catLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
قِطّة 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
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
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 — 5 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03'→ط
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05M→ة
Composedقِطّة