yatanawalun
they eat, eat, haveThe word, broken down.
يَتَناوَلون reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A 'y', or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
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 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A 'w', or a long 'u' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
What does yatanawalun mean in Arabizi?
yatanawalun is how you write يَتَناوَلون in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “they eat, eat, have”. 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 — 11 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 daily routine 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 →- 01D→ي
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03J→ت
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05K→ن
- 06H→ا
- 07,→و
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
- 10,→و
- 11K→ن
This page shows the written standard. In everyday Palestinian speech, “eat” is akal (أَكَل). Our sister site Tfaddalu teaches the spoken dialect, with audio and example sentences. Hear akal on Tfaddalu →