kum
sleevesThe word, broken down.
كُم reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 'k'.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
What does kum mean in Arabizi?
kum is how you write كُم in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “sleeves”. 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 — 3 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 travel & places 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 →- 01;→ك
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03L→م