alh yusallimak
thank youThe word, broken down.
اَلله يُسَلِّمَك 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 plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'k'.
What does alh yusallimak mean in Arabizi?
alh yusallimak is how you write اَلله يُسَلِّمَك in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “thank you”. No numbers in this one; it spells out in plain Latin letters.
New to the chat alphabet? See how every letter and number maps: 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 — 16 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 health & the body 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
- 04G→ل
- 05I→ه
- 06Space→
- 07D→ي
- 08Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 09S→س
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11G→ل
- 12Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 13Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 14L→م
- 15Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 16;→ك
This page shows the written standard. In everyday Palestinian speech, “thank you” is shukran (شُكْرًا). Our sister site Tfaddalu teaches the spoken dialect, with audio and example sentences. Hear shukran on Tfaddalu →