tarikhi
historicThe word, broken down.
تاريخِيّ 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 long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 8 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
- 02H→ا
- 03V→ر
- 04D→ي
- 05O→خ
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda