tayyiban
goodThe word, broken down.
طَيِّباً reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 8 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 →- 01'→ط
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03D→ي
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06F→ب
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+W→ـًtanwīn fatḥ