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The word
طاوِلة

tawila

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Arabicطاوِلة
Arabizitawila
Translationtable
TypeFeminine noun
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

طاوِلة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ

An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.

Type:'
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
03
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
06
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 6 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01'ط
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03,و
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Mة
Composedطاوِلة
طاوِلة
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