7asub
computerThe word, broken down.
حاسوب reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
What does 7asub mean in Arabizi?
7asub is how you write حاسوب in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “computer”.
The 7 stands for ح (ḥa): a breathy h, deeper than English h. 7 bends the way ح bends.
For the rest of the chat alphabet, see the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
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.
It sits in the jobs & work lesson of our Arabic typing practice course, if you would rather drill it next to the words it turns up with.
Practice typing this word →- 01P→ح
- 02H→ا
- 03S→س
- 04,→و
- 05F→ب