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The word
تَنامون

tanamun

you go to sleep, you sleep
Arabicتَنامون
Arabizitanamun
Translationyou go to sleep, you sleep
TypeMasculine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَنامون 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
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
05
Letter
م
mīm
m

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

Type:L
06
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
07
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
← 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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Lم
  6. 06,و
  7. 07Kن
Composedتَنامون
تَنامون
Practice

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