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The word
يُشاهِد

yushahid

he watches
Arabicيُشاهِد
Arabiziyushahid
Translationhe watches
TypeMasculine verb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

يُشاهِد 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
ش
shīn
sh

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

Type:A
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
05
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
07
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 — 7 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. 03Aش
  4. 04Hا
  5. 05Iه
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07]د
Composedيُشاهِد
يُشاهِد
Practice

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