The word
يَسْكُن
yaskun
he lives, livesArabicيَسْكُن
Arabiziyaskun
Translationhe lives, lives
TypeMasculine verb
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
يَسْكُن 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
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
04
Letter
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
05
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
06
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
← 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
- 01D→ي
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03S→س
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05;→ك
- 06Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 07K→ن
Composedيَسْكُن