The word
صَحيفَتي
sa7ifati
my newspaperArabicصَحيفَتي
Arabizisa7ifati
Translationmy newspaper
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryJobs & work →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
صَحيفَتي reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ص
ṣād
ṣ
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
Type:W
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
05
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
06
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
07
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
08
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 — 8 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
- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03P→ح
- 04D→ي
- 05T→ف
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07J→ت
- 08D→ي
Composedصَحيفَتي