ashshita'
the winter, winterThe word, broken down.
اَلْشِّتاء 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.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
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 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop, the catch in the middle of 'uh-oh'.
What does ashshita' mean in Arabizi?
ashshita' is how you write اَلْشِّتاء in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “the winter, winter”. 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 — 10 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 weather 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
- 05A→ش
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08J→ت
- 09H→ا
- 10X→ء