The word
قُمْصان
qumsan
shirtsLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
قُمْصان 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
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Letter
ص
ṣād
ṣ
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
Type:W
05
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
06
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
← 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
- 03L→م
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05W→ص
- 06H→ا
- 07K→ن
Composedقُمْصان