The word
قُبَّعة
qubba3a
hat, a hatArabicقُبَّعة
Arabiziqubba3a
Translationhat, a hat
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryClothes →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
قُبَّعة 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03F→ب
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 06U→ع
- 07M→ة
Composedقُبَّعة