hadhihi alghurfa
this roomThe word, broken down.
هٰذِهِ الْغُرْفة 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 short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
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 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'.
What does hadhihi alghurfa mean in Arabizi?
hadhihi alghurfa is how you write هٰذِهِ الْغُرْفة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “this 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 — 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 →- 01I→ه
- 02`→ذ
- 03Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 04I→ه
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08G→ل
- 09Shift+X→ـْ
- 10Y→غ
- 11Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 12V→ر
- 13Shift+X→ـْ
- 14T→ف
- 15M→ة