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The word
ثَقيلة

thaqila

heavy
Arabicثَقيلة
Arabizithaqila
Translationheavy
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ث
thāʾ
th

The 'th' in 'think'. Three dots above the body.

Type:E
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
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.

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Sequence
  1. 01Eث
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Rق
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05Gل
  6. 06Mة
Composedثَقيلة
ثَقيلة
Practice

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