The word
شَباب
shabab
guysArabicشَباب
Arabizishabab
Translationguys
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
شَباب reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ش
shīn
sh
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
Type:A
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01A→ش
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03F→ب
- 04H→ا
- 05F→ب
Composedشَباب