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The word
تَشْتَرين

tashtarin

you buy
Arabicتَشْتَرين
Arabizitashtarin
Translationyou buy
TypeFeminine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَشْتَرين 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
ش
shīn
sh

The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.

Type:A
04
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
08
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 — 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Aش
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Jت
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Vر
  8. 08Dي
  9. 09Kن
Composedتَشْتَرين
تَشْتَرين
Practice

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