qarib min
close toThe word, broken down.
قَريب مِن reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
What does qarib min mean in Arabizi?
qarib min is how you write قَريب مِن in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “close to”. 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 — 9 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 descriptions 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 →- 01R→ق
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03V→ر
- 04D→ي
- 05F→ب
- 06Space→
- 07L→م
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09K→ن