hadha al7alib
this milkThe word, broken down.
هٰذا الْحَليب 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 short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
What does hadha al7alib mean in Arabizi?
hadha al7alib is how you write هٰذا الْحَليب in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “this milk”.
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 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 →- 01I→ه
- 02`→ذ
- 03H→ا
- 04Space→
- 05H→ا
- 06G→ل
- 07Shift+X→ـْ
- 08P→ح
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10G→ل
- 11D→ي
- 12F→ب