muthaqqaf
culturedThe word, broken down.
مُثَقَّف 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.
The 'th' in 'think'. Three dots above the body.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
What does muthaqqaf mean in Arabizi?
muthaqqaf is how you write مُثَقَّف in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “cultured”. 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 — 8 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 family 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
- 03E→ث
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05R→ق
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08T→ف