sanusafir
we will travelThe word, broken down.
سَنُسافِر reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A short 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
What does sanusafir mean in Arabizi?
sanusafir is how you write سَنُسافِر in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “we will travel”. 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 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 →- 01S→س
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03K→ن
- 04Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 05S→س
- 06H→ا
- 07T→ف
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09V→ر