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you restThe word, broken down.
تَرْتاحوا 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 short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
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 breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 9 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
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05J→ت
- 06H→ا
- 07P→ح
- 08,→و
- 09H→ا