ila alliqa'
until next timeThe word, broken down.
إِلى الْلِّقاء reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A dotless yāʾ that sounds like a long 'a'; only ever at a word's end.
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 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop, the catch in the middle of 'uh-oh'.
What does ila alliqa' mean in Arabizi?
ila alliqa' is how you write إِلى الْلِّقاء in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “until next time”. 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 — 14 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 greetings & introductions 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 →- 01Shift+Y→إ
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03G→ل
- 04N→ى
- 05Space→
- 06H→ا
- 07G→ل
- 08Shift+X→ـْ
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 11Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 12R→ق
- 13H→ا
- 14X→ء