ghurfa alqitta
the cat's roomThe word, broken down.
غُرْفة اَلْقِطّة reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A gargled 'r', like the French 'r'. Like ʿayn, with a dot above.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
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 short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
An emphatic 't': heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
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 ghurfa alqitta mean in Arabizi?
ghurfa alqitta is how you write غُرْفة اَلْقِطّة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “the cat's room”. 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 — 16 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 jobs & work 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 →- 01Y→غ
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03V→ر
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05T→ف
- 06M→ة
- 07Space→
- 08H→ا
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10G→ل
- 11Shift+X→ـْ
- 12R→ق
- 13Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 14'→ط
- 15Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 16M→ة