tushahidun
you watchThe word, broken down.
تُشاهِدون 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 short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
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.
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
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03A→ش
- 04H→ا
- 05I→ه
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07]→د
- 08,→و
- 09K→ن