wilai kalifurnia
the state of CaliforniaThe word, broken down.
وِلاية كاليفورْنْيا reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A plain 'k'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
What does wilai kalifurnia mean in Arabizi?
wilai kalifurnia is how you write وِلاية كاليفورْنْيا in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “the state of California”. No numbers in this one; it spells out in plain Latin letters.
New to the chat alphabet? See how every letter and number maps: the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 19 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
It sits in the travel & places lesson of our Arabic typing practice course, if you would rather drill it next to the words it turns up with.
Practice typing this word →- 01,→و
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03G→ل
- 04H→ا
- 05D→ي
- 06M→ة
- 07Space→
- 08;→ك
- 09H→ا
- 10G→ل
- 11D→ي
- 12T→ف
- 13,→و
- 14V→ر
- 15Shift+X→ـْ
- 16K→ن
- 17Shift+X→ـْ
- 18D→ي
- 19H→ا