mula'at
sheetsThe word, broken down.
مُلاءات 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 plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
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'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
What does mula'at mean in Arabizi?
mula'at is how you write مُلاءات in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “sheets”. 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 — 7 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03G→ل
- 04H→ا
- 05X→ء
- 06H→ا
- 07J→ت