al7anafi
the faucetThe word, broken down.
اَلْحَنَفِيّة reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
What does al7anafi mean in Arabizi?
al7anafi is how you write اَلْحَنَفِيّة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “the faucet”.
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 — 13 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 home 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 →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05P→ح
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07K→ن
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09T→ف
- 10Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 11D→ي
- 12Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 13M→ة