asmik
your nameThe word, broken down.
اسْمِك 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 plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'k'.
What does asmik mean in Arabizi?
asmik is how you write اسْمِك in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “your name”. 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 — 6 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 greetings & introductions 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
- 02S→س
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04L→م
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06;→ك