tasharrafna
pleasure to meet youThe word, broken down.
تَشَرَّفْنا 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.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
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 — 11 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
- 03A→ش
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05V→ر
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08T→ف
- 09Shift+X→ـْ
- 10K→ن
- 11H→ا