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The word
صَباحاً

saba7an

in the morning
Arabicصَباحاً
Arabizisaba7an
Translationin the morning
TypeAdverb
CategoryHobbies
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

صَباحاً reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ص
ṣād

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
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
05
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
07
Diacritic
ـً
tanwīn fatḥ
an

Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.

Type:Shift+W
← 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 — 7 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Wص
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Pح
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Shift+Wـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedصَباحاً
صَباحاً
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