sanastaajir
we will rentThe word, broken down.
سَنَسْتَأْجِر reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 13 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 →- 01S→س
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03K→ن
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05S→س
- 06Shift+X→ـْ
- 07J→ت
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09Shift+H→أ
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11[→ج
- 12Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 13V→ر