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The word
تَعالي

ta3ali

come
Arabicتَعالي
Arabizita3ali
Translationcome
TypeFeminine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

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

Type:J
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ

A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.

Type:U
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
06
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 — 6 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. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Uع
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Dي
Composedتَعالي
تَعالي
Practice

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