rabba bayt
a homemaker, as a homemaker, homemakerThe word, broken down.
رَبّة بَيْت reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 11 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 →- 01V→ر
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03F→ب
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05M→ة
- 06Space→
- 07F→ب
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09D→ي
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11J→ت