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The word
تَعْرِفون

ta3rifun

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Arabicتَعْرِفون
Arabizita3rifun
Translationyou all know
TypeMasculine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَعْرِفون 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
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
07
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
08
Letter
ن
nūn
n

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

Type:K
← 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 — 9 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. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Tف
  8. 08,و
  9. 09Kن
Composedتَعْرِفون
تَعْرِفون
Practice

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