hadha al7a'it
this wallThe word, broken down.
هٰذا الْحائِط reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A miniature alif standing in for a long 'a'.
The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
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 breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop carried on a dotless yāʾ.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
An emphatic 't': heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
What does hadha al7a'it mean in Arabizi?
hadha al7a'it is how you write هٰذا الْحائِط in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “this wall”.
The 7 stands for ح (ḥa): a breathy h, deeper than English h. 7 bends the way ح bends.
For the rest of the chat alphabet, see 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 — 12 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 home 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 →- 01I→ه
- 02`→ذ
- 03H→ا
- 04Space→
- 05H→ا
- 06G→ل
- 07Shift+X→ـْ
- 08P→ح
- 09H→ا
- 10Z→ئ
- 11Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 12'→ط