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The word
رَجُل

rajul

a man, man
Arabicرَجُل
Arabizirajul
Translationa man, man
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

رَجُل 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
ج
jīm
j

A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.

Type:[
04
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
05
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
← 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 — 5 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. 03[ج
  4. 04Shift+Eـُḍamma
  5. 05Gل
Composedرَجُل
رَجُل
Practice

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