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The word
يَشْرَب

yashrab

he drinks
Arabicيَشْرَب
Arabiziyashrab
Translationhe drinks
TypeMasculine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ش
shīn
sh

The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.

Type:A
04
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
← 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 — 7 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. 01Dي
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Aش
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Fب
Composedيَشْرَب
يَشْرَب
Practice

Type يَشْرَب until your fingers know it.

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