The word
صُداع
suda3
a headache, headacheArabicصُداع
Arabizisuda3
Translationa headache, headache
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryHealth & the body →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
صُداع reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ص
ṣād
ṣ
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
Type:W
02
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
د
dāl
d
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
Type:]
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
← 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
- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03]→د
- 04H→ا
- 05U→ع
Composedصُداع