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The word
قُبَّعة

qubba3a

hat, a hat
Arabicقُبَّعة
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
  1. 01Rق
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  6. 06Uع
  7. 07Mة
Composedقُبَّعة
قُبَّعة
Practice

Type قُبَّعة until your fingers know it.

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