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The word
طالِب

talib

a student, student
Arabicطالِب
Arabizitalib
Translationa student, student
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

طالِب 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
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
03
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

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

Type:F
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01'ط
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Fب
Composedطالِب
طالِب
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