The word
أُمّي
ummi
my motherLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
أُمّي reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
02
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
← 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 — 5 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
- 01Shift+H→أ
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03L→م
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05D→ي
Composedأُمّي