sadiqathu
his friendThe word, broken down.
صَديقَتهُ 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 'd'. A small hook with no dots.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
What does sadiqathu mean in Arabizi?
sadiqathu is how you write صَديقَتهُ in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “his friend”. 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 →- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03]→د
- 04D→ي
- 05R→ق
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07J→ت
- 08I→ه
- 09Shift+E→ـُḍamma