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The word
سي دي

si di

CD
Arabicسي دي
Arabizisi di
TranslationCD
TypeMasculine
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
02
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
03
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
04
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 — 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
  1. 01Sس
  2. 02Dي
  3. 03Space
  4. 04]د
  5. 05Dي
Composedسي دي
سي دي
Practice

Type سي دي until your fingers know it.

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