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The word
طَبَق

tabaq

dish
Arabicطَبَق
Arabizitabaq
Translationdish
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
← 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. 01'ط
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Rق
Composedطَبَق
طَبَق
Practice

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