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The word
هٰذِهِ الْبِناية

hadhihi albinai

this building
Arabicهٰذِهِ الْبِناية
Arabizihadhihi albinai
Translationthis building
TypeFeminine
CategoryHome
Audio
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Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

هٰذِهِ الْبِناية reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.

01
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
02
Diacritic
ـٰ
dagger alif
ā

A miniature alif standing in for a long 'a'.

Type:
03
Letter
ذ
dhāl
dh

The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.

Type:`
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
08
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
09
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
10
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
11
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
12
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
13
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
14
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
Arabizi

What does hadhihi albinai mean in Arabizi?

hadhihi albinai is how you write هٰذِهِ الْبِناية in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “this building”. 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.

How to type it

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 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01Iه
  2. 02`ذ
  3. 03Shift+Aـِkasra
  4. 04Iه
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
  6. 06Space
  7. 07Hا
  8. 08Gل
  9. 09Shift+Xـْ
  10. 10Fب
  11. 11Shift+Aـِkasra
  12. 12Kن
  13. 13Hا
  14. 14Dي
  15. 15Mة
Composedهٰذِهِ الْبِناية
هٰذِهِ الْبِناية
Practice

Type هٰذِهِ الْبِناية until your fingers know it.

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