bas
busThe word, broken down.
باص reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
An emphatic 's', pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
What does bas mean in Arabizi?
bas is how you write باص in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “bus”. 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 — 3 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 →- 01F→ب
- 02H→ا
- 03W→ص