assala arriadi
the gymThe word, broken down.
الْصّالة الْرِّياضِيّة 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 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
An emphatic 's', pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
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.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.
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 assala arriadi mean in Arabizi?
assala arriadi is how you write الْصّالة الْرِّياضِيّة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “the gym”. 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 — 22 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
- 02G→ل
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04W→ص
- 05Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 06H→ا
- 07G→ل
- 08M→ة
- 09Space→
- 10H→ا
- 11G→ل
- 12Shift+X→ـْ
- 13V→ر
- 14Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 15Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 16D→ي
- 17H→ا
- 18Q→ض
- 19Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 20D→ي
- 21Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 22M→ة