saba7 alkhayr
good morningThe word, broken down.
صَباح اَلْخَيْر 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 plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
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.
The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 15 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
- 03F→ب
- 04H→ا
- 05P→ح
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11O→خ
- 12Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 13D→ي
- 14Shift+X→ـْ
- 15V→ر