yukhattitun
planning, they are planningThe word, broken down.
يُخَطِّطون reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
A 'w' — or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
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 →- 01D→ي
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03O→خ
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05'→ط
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08'→ط
- 09,→و
- 10K→ن