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The word
تَنّورة

tannura

skirt
Arabicتَنّورة
Arabizitannura
Translationskirt
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَنّورة 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
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
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
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
  1. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05,و
  6. 06Vر
  7. 07Mة
Composedتَنّورة
تَنّورة
Practice

Type تَنّورة until your fingers know it.

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