sala riadi
a gymThe word, broken down.
صالة رِياضِيّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 14 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 →- 01W→ص
- 02H→ا
- 03G→ل
- 04M→ة
- 05Space→
- 06V→ر
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08D→ي
- 09H→ا
- 10Q→ض
- 11Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 12D→ي
- 13Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 14M→ة