The word
تَبّولة
tabbula
tabboulehArabicتَبّولة
Arabizitabbula
Translationtabbouleh
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
تَبّولة 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
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
06
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
07
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
Type:M
← 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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01J→ت
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03F→ب
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05,→و
- 06G→ل
- 07M→ة
Composedتَبّولة