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The word
قُفّازات

quffazat

gloves
Arabicقُفّازات
Arabiziquffazat
Translationgloves
TypeMasculine
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

قُفّازات 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
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
06
Letter
ز
zāy
z

A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.

Type:.
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
08
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
← 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 — 8 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. 03Tف
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Hا
  6. 06.ز
  7. 07Hا
  8. 08Jت
Composedقُفّازات
قُفّازات
Practice

Type قُفّازات until your fingers know it.

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