saba7 annur
good morning to youThe word, broken down.
صَباح اَلْنّور 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 plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
What does saba7 annur mean in Arabizi?
saba7 annur is how you write صَباح اَلْنّور in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “good morning to you”.
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 — 14 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 greetings & introductions 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
- 03F→ب
- 04H→ا
- 05P→ح
- 06Space→
- 07H→ا
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
- 11K→ن
- 12Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 13,→و
- 14V→ر