madina safana
the city of SavannahThe word, broken down.
مَدينة سافانا reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
What does madina safana mean in Arabizi?
madina safana is how you write مَدينة سافانا in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “the city of Savannah”. 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 — 13 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 →- 01L→م
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03]→د
- 04D→ي
- 05K→ن
- 06M→ة
- 07Space→
- 08S→س
- 09H→ا
- 10T→ف
- 11H→ا
- 12K→ن
- 13H→ا