tunisi
TunisianThe word, broken down.
تونِسِيّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below 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.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 9 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 →- 01J→ت
- 02,→و
- 03K→ن
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05S→س
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 09M→ة