The word
ساحِل
sa7il
coastArabicساحِل
Arabizisa7il
Translationcoast
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
ساحِل reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
← 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
- 01S→س
- 02H→ا
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05G→ل
Composedساحِل