The word
صَديقهُ
sadiqhu
his friendArabicصَديقهُ
Arabizisadiqhu
Translationhis friend
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
صَديقهُ 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
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
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
07
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03]→د
- 04D→ي
- 05R→ق
- 06I→ه
- 07Shift+E→ـُḍamma
Composedصَديقهُ