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The word
وَرْدِيّ

wardi

pink
Arabicوَرْدِيّ
Arabiziwardi
Translationpink
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryClothes
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
04
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
07
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
  1. 01,و
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Vر
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05]د
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Dي
  8. 08Shift+`ـّshadda
Composedوَرْدِيّ
وَرْدِيّ
Practice

Type وَرْدِيّ until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Clothes session.

Practice just wardiStart the Clothes set