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The word
رَسائِل

rasa'il

letters
Arabicرَسائِل
Arabizirasa'il
Translationletters
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryHobbies
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

رَسائِل 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
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
05
Letter
ئ
hamza on yāʾ
ʾ

A glottal stop carried on a dotless yāʾ.

Type:Z
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
07
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 — 7 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01Vر
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Sس
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Zئ
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Gل
Composedرَسائِل
رَسائِل
Practice

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