hadha alkalb
this dogThe word, broken down.
هٰذا الْكَلْب 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 plain 'k'.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
What does hadha alkalb mean in Arabizi?
hadha alkalb is how you write هٰذا الْكَلْب in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “this dog”. 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 — 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
- 08;→ك
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10G→ل
- 11Shift+X→ـْ
- 12F→ب