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The word
ساخِناً

sakhinan

warm
Arabicساخِناً
Arabizisakhinan
Translationwarm
TypeMasculine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

ساخِناً 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
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
03
Letter
خ
khāʾ
kh

The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.

Type:O
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
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.

Practice typing this word →
Sequence
  1. 01Sس
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Oخ
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Kن
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Shift+Wـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedساخِناً
ساخِناً
Practice

Type ساخِناً until your fingers know it.

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