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The word
صالون

salun

living room
Arabicصالون
Arabizisalun
Translationliving room
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

صالون reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ص
ṣād

An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.

Type:W
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
03
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
04
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Wص
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04,و
  5. 05Kن
Composedصالون
صالون
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