qitta almuhandis
the engineer's catThe word, broken down.
قِطّة اَلْمُهَنْدِس 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 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 19 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03'→ط
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05M→ة
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11L→م
- 12Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 13I→ه
- 14Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 15K→ن
- 16Shift+X→ـْ
- 17]→د
- 18Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 19S→س