asia
AsiaThe word, broken down.
آسْيا reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A long 'aa': an alif with a wave on top that stretches the vowel.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
What does asia mean in Arabizi?
asia is how you write آسْيا in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “Asia”. 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 — 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 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 →- 01Shift+N→آ
- 02S→س
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04D→ي
- 05H→ا