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The word
صَديقَتي

sadiqati

my friend
Arabicصَديقَتي
Arabizisadiqati
Translationmy friend
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

صَديقَتي 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
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
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
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Wص
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03]د
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05Rق
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Jت
  8. 08Dي
Composedصَديقَتي
صَديقَتي
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