The word
رُزّي
ruzzi
my riceArabicرُزّي
Arabiziruzzi
Translationmy rice
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
رُزّي 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ز
zāy
z
A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.
Type:.
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
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 — 5 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03.→ز
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05D→ي
Composedرُزّي