sa7i7
correctThe word, broken down.
صَحيح reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
An emphatic 's', pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
What does sa7i7 mean in Arabizi?
sa7i7 is how you write صَحيح in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “correct”.
The 7 stands for ح (ḥa): a breathy h, deeper than English h. 7 bends the way ح bends.
For the rest of the chat alphabet, see 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 — 5 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 food & drink 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 →- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03P→ح
- 04D→ي
- 05P→ح
This page shows the written standard. In everyday Palestinian speech, “correct” is Sa7ee7 (صَحِيح). Our sister site Tfaddalu teaches the spoken dialect, with audio and example sentences. Hear Sa7ee7 on Tfaddalu →