tafaddalu
here you goThe word, broken down.
تَفَضَّلوا reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 10 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 →- 01J→ت
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03T→ف
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05Q→ض
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08G→ل
- 09,→و
- 10H→ا