sayuhajirun
they will immigrateThe word, broken down.
سَيُهاجِرون 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 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
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.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 11 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
- 03D→ي
- 04Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 05I→ه
- 06H→ا
- 07[→ج
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09V→ر
- 10,→و
- 11K→ن