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The word
طَيِّباً

tayyiban

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Arabicطَيِّباً
Arabizitayyiban
Translationgood
TypeMasculine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

طَيِّباً 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
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

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

Type:H
08
Diacritic
ـً
tanwīn fatḥ
an

Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.

Type:Shift+W
← 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 — 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01'ط
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Dي
  4. 04Shift+`ـّshadda
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
  6. 06Fب
  7. 07Hا
  8. 08Shift+Wـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedطَيِّباً
طَيِّباً
Practice

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