yufarrishun
they brushThe word, broken down.
يُفَرِّشون 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 'u', written as a small loop above the letter.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A rolled 'r', closer to Spanish than English.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
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 yufarrishun mean in Arabizi?
yufarrishun is how you write يُفَرِّشون in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “they brush”. 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 — 10 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+E→ـُḍamma
- 03T→ف
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05V→ر
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08A→ش
- 09,→و
- 10K→ن