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The word
رَبّ بَيْت

rabb bayt

a homemaker, homemaker
Arabicرَبّ بَيْت
Arabizirabb bayt
Translationa homemaker, homemaker
TypeMasculine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

رَبّ بَيْت reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
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
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
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 — 10 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Vر
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Space
  6. 06Fب
  7. 07Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  8. 08Dي
  9. 09Shift+Xـْ
  10. 10Jت
Composedرَبّ بَيْت
رَبّ بَيْت
Practice

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