muhimm
importantThe word, broken down.
مُهِمّ 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 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
What does muhimm mean in Arabizi?
muhimm is how you write مُهِمّ in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “important”. 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 — 6 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 education 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03I→ه
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05L→م
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
Palestinians say this one much like the MSA: muhimm. Our sister site Tfaddalu teaches the spoken dialect, with audio and example sentences. Hear muhimm on Tfaddalu →