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The word
تَسْكُن

taskun

you live, live, lives, she lives
Arabicتَسْكُن
Arabizitaskun
Translationyou live, live, lives, she lives
TypeFeminine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَسْكُن 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
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
04
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
05
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
06
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 — 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. 03Sس
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05;ك
  6. 06Shift+Eـُḍamma
  7. 07Kن
Composedتَسْكُن
تَسْكُن
Practice

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