The word
تونِسِيّ
tunisi
TunisianArabicتونِسِيّ
Arabizitunisi
TranslationTunisian
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
تونِسِيّ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
Type:J
02
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:,
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
08
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
← 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
- 01J→ت
- 02,→و
- 03K→ن
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05S→س
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
Composedتونِسِيّ