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The word
رَبّة بَيْت

rabba bayt

a homemaker, as a homemaker, homemaker
Arabicرَبّة بَيْت
Arabizirabba bayt
Translationa homemaker, as a homemaker, homemaker
TypeFeminine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

رَبّة 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
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
06
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

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

Type:F
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
09
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 — 11 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. 05Mة
  6. 06Space
  7. 07Fب
  8. 08Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  9. 09Dي
  10. 10Shift+Xـْ
  11. 11Jت
Composedرَبّة بَيْت
رَبّة بَيْت
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