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The word
شَنْطَتي

shantati

my bag
Arabicشَنْطَتي
Arabizishantati
Translationmy bag
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

شَنْطَتي 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
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
04
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
← 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 — 8 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
  1. 01Aش
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05'ط
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Jت
  8. 08Dي
Composedشَنْطَتي
شَنْطَتي
Practice

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