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The word
تَحْصُل

ta7sul

obtain
Arabicتَحْصُل
Arabizita7sul
Translationobtain
TypeFeminine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَحْصُل 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
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
04
Letter
ص
ṣād

An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.

Type:W
05
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

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

Type:Shift+E
06
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 — 7 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Pح
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Wص
  6. 06Shift+Eـُḍamma
  7. 07Gل
Composedتَحْصُل
تَحْصُل
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