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The word
تَكون

takun

she is, they are, is, you are, are
Arabicتَكون
Arabizitakun
Translationshe is, they are, is, you are, are
TypeMasculine verb
Audio
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Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
04
Letter
و
wāw
w / ū

A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:,
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

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

What does takun mean in Arabizi?

takun is how you write تَكون in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “she is, they are, is, you are, are”. 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 — 5 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 jobs & work 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. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03;ك
  4. 04,و
  5. 05Kن
Composedتَكون
تَكون
Practice

Type تَكون until your fingers know it.

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