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The word
سَهْل

sahl

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Arabicسَهْل
Arabizisahl
Translationeasy
TypeMasculine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

سَهْل 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
04
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
  1. 01Sس
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Iه
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Gل
Composedسَهْل
سَهْل
Practice

Type سَهْل until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Education session.

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