sa7ifa alustadh
the professor's newspaperThe word, broken down.
صَحيفة اَلْأُسْتاذ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 18 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 →- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03P→ح
- 04D→ي
- 05T→ف
- 06M→ة
- 07Space→
- 08H→ا
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10G→ل
- 11Shift+X→ـْ
- 12Shift+H→أ
- 13Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 14S→س
- 15Shift+X→ـْ
- 16J→ت
- 17H→ا
- 18`→ذ