tabbula
tabboulehThe word, broken down.
تَبّولة 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 plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
The 'tied tāʾ'. It marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
What does tabbula mean in Arabizi?
tabbula is how you write تَبّولة in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “tabbouleh”. 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 — 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 →- 01J→ت
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03F→ب
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05,→و
- 06G→ل
- 07M→ة