tastami3in
you listenThe word, broken down.
تَسْتَمِعين 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 plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
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
- 03S→س
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05J→ت
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07L→م
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09U→ع
- 10D→ي
- 11K→ن