The word
طَويلة
tawila
longArabicطَويلة
Arabizitawila
Translationlong
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryDescriptions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
طَويلة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ط
ṭāʾ
ṭ
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Type:'
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01'→ط
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03,→و
- 04D→ي
- 05G→ل
- 06M→ة
Composedطَويلة