The word
رِحْلة
ri7la
a trip, tripArabicرِحْلة
Arabiziri7la
Translationa trip, trip
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
رِحْلة 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
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
04
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
05
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
Type:M
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01V→ر
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05G→ل
- 06M→ة
Composedرِحْلة