aliskandari
AlexandriaThe word, broken down.
اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيّة 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 glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 'k'.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
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 aliskandari mean in Arabizi?
aliskandari is how you write اَلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيّة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “Alexandria”. 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 — 19 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 travel & places 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
- 05Shift+Y→إ
- 06Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 07S→س
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09;→ك
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11K→ن
- 12Shift+X→ـْ
- 13]→د
- 14Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 15V→ر
- 16Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 17D→ي
- 18Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 19M→ة