ta7lil
dissolution, resolution, specificationThe word, broken down.
تَحْليل reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A breathy h from deep in the throat, heavier than an English 'h'.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
What does ta7lil mean in Arabizi?
ta7lil is how you write تَحْليل in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “dissolution, resolution, specification”.
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.
Want the keys under your fingers first? The mixed session on our Arabic typing practice page runs through words from every set.
Open the typing practice →- 01J→ت
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05G→ل
- 06D→ي
- 07G→ل
Feminine and plural forms.
Arabic words change with gender and number. Here’s the full set for ta7lil:
More words like this.
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