raqam hatif
phone numberThe word, broken down.
رَقَم هاتِف 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 deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
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
- 03R→ق
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05L→م
- 06Space→
- 07I→ه
- 08H→ا
- 09J→ت
- 10Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 11T→ف