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The word
سَهْلة

sahla

simple, easy
Arabicسَهْلة
Arabizisahla
Translationsimple, easy
TypeFeminine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

سَهْلة 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
05
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 6 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
  6. 06Mة
Composedسَهْلة
سَهْلة
Practice

Type سَهْلة until your fingers know it.

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