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The word
صالة رِياضِيّة

sala riadi

a gym
Arabicصالة رِياضِيّة
Arabizisala riadi
Translationa gym
TypeFeminine noun
Audio
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Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

صالة رِياضِيّة reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.

01
Letter
ص
ṣād

An emphatic 's', pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.

Type:W
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
03
Letter
ل
lām
l

A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.

Type:G
04
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
05
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
08
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
09
Letter
ض
ḍād

An emphatic 'd'. Arabic is called 'the language of the ḍād'.

Type:Q
10
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
11
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
12
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
13
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
Arabizi

What does sala riadi mean in Arabizi?

sala riadi is how you write صالة رِياضِيّة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “a gym”. 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.

How to type it

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 travel & places 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 →
Sequence
  1. 01Wص
  2. 02Hا
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Mة
  5. 05Space
  6. 06Vر
  7. 07Shift+Aـِkasra
  8. 08Dي
  9. 09Hا
  10. 10Qض
  11. 11Shift+Aـِkasra
  12. 12Dي
  13. 13Shift+`ـّshadda
  14. 14Mة
Composedصالة رِياضِيّة
صالة رِياضِيّة
Practice

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