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The word
رَقَمي

raqami

my number
Arabicرَقَمي
Arabiziraqami
Translationmy number
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

رَقَمي 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
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
← 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 — 6 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. 03Rق
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Lم
  6. 06Dي
Composedرَقَمي
رَقَمي
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