si77i
healthyThe word, broken down.
صِحِّيّ 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 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
What does si77i mean in Arabizi?
si77i is how you write صِحِّيّ in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “healthy”.
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 — 7 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+A→ـِkasra
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06D→ي
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda