fursha asnan
toothbrush, a toothbrushThe word, broken down.
فُرْشاة أَسْنان reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
What does fursha asnan mean in Arabizi?
fursha asnan is how you write فُرْشاة أَسْنان in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “toothbrush, a toothbrush”. 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 — 15 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 food & drink 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 →- 01T→ف
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05A→ش
- 06H→ا
- 07M→ة
- 08Space→
- 09Shift+H→أ
- 10Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 11S→س
- 12Shift+X→ـْ
- 13K→ن
- 14H→ا
- 15K→ن