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The word
يُفَرِّشون

yufarrishun

they brush
Arabicيُفَرِّشون
Arabiziyufarrishun
Translationthey brush
TypeMasculine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

يُفَرِّشون 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
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
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
ش
shīn
sh

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

Type:A
09
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

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

Type:,
10
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 — 10 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+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Tف
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Shift+Aـِkasra
  8. 08Aش
  9. 09,و
  10. 10Kن
Composedيُفَرِّشون
يُفَرِّشون
Practice

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