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The word
سُؤال

su'al

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Arabicسُؤال
Arabizisu'al
Translationquestion
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

سُؤال 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
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ؤ
hamza on wāw
ʾ

A glottal stop carried on a wāw.

Type:C
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
05
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
← 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. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Cؤ
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Gل
Composedسُؤال
سُؤال
Practice

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