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The word
يُريد

yurid

wants, he wants, want
Arabicيُريد
Arabiziyurid
Translationwants, he wants, want
TypeWord
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

يُريد 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
ر
rāʾ
r

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

Type:V
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

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

Type:D
05
Letter
د
dāl
d

A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.

Type:]
← 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 — 5 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Dي
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Vر
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05]د
Composedيُريد
يُريد
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