The word
يُفَضِّل
yufaddil
prefer, he prefersArabicيُفَضِّل
Arabiziyufaddil
Translationprefer, he prefers
TypeMasculine verb
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
يُفَضِّل 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ض
ḍād
ḍ
An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.
Type:Q
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
07
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
08
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
← 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
- 01D→ي
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03T→ف
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05Q→ض
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08G→ل
Composedيُفَضِّل