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The word
روزا

ruza

Rosa
Arabicروزا
Arabiziruza
TranslationRosa
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

روزا 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
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
03
Letter
ز
zāy
z

A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.

Type:.
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
← 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 — 4 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. 02,و
  3. 03.ز
  4. 04Hا
Composedروزا
روزا
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