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The word
تامِر

tamir

Tamer
Arabicتامِر
Arabizitamir
TranslationTamer
TypeMasculine noun
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تامِر 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
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
03
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
← 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. 01Jت
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Lم
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Vر
Composedتامِر
تامِر
Practice

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