About the Arabic keyboard
Arabic is written right to left with 28 letters that change shape depending on where they are in a word. Your browser joins the letters correctly — you only need a way to type them.
Click the letters on screen, or type on your normal keyboard: each key gives the Arabic letter in the same place on a standard Arabic keyboard. The text box writes right to left, and the vowel marks (harakat) are on the Shift keys.
How to use it
- Click the letters on the on-screen keyboard, or type on your own keyboard — Q gives ض, W gives ص, E gives ث… No need to click the text box first, and the matching on-screen key lights up
- The text flows right to left, as Arabic should
- Hold Shift for the vowel marks: fatha ( َ ), damma ( ُ ), kasra ( ِ ), tanwin and sukun ( ْ ), and for أ إ آ
- The B key gives لا (lam-alif), the key left of 1 gives ذ
- Click Copy and paste the text anywhere, or Search Google / Translate straight away
Where the letters are
- Top row: ض ص ث ق ف غ ع ه خ ح ج د
- Middle row: ش س ي ب ل ا ت ن م ك ط
- Bottom row: ئ ء ؤ ر لا ى ة و ز ظ
This is the standard Arabic (101) layout. Each key also shows the English letter in the same place, so you can learn the layout as you type.
Vowel marks (harakat)
Everyday Arabic is written without short vowels. For the Quran, poetry, children's books or learning, add them after the letter with Shift: Shift + Q fatha, Shift + E damma, Shift + A kasra, Shift + X sukun, Shift + W / R / S the tanwin, and Shift + ` shadda.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I type in Arabic without an Arabic keyboard?
Click the Arabic letters on this page, or type on your normal keyboard — each key gives the Arabic letter in the same place on an Arabic keyboard. The text is written right to left.
How do I add the vowel marks (harakat)?
Type the letter, then hold Shift and press the key of the mark: Shift + Q for fatha, Shift + E for damma, Shift + A for kasra.
Why do the letters change shape?
Arabic letters have different forms at the start, middle and end of a word. Your browser picks the right form automatically.
How do I type hamza forms like أ, إ and آ?
Hold Shift and press H for أ, Y for إ and N for آ.
Is my text saved or uploaded?
Nothing is uploaded. Your text is kept only in this browser.
Good to know
- Already have an Arabic input method? Untick Type with my own keyboard and type as usual
- Persian and Urdu use extra letters (پ چ ژ گ) that are not on this Arabic layout
Related tools
- Hebrew Keyboard — also right to left
- Russian Keyboard — type in Cyrillic
- Greek Keyboard — type in Greek
- Text to Speech — hear the text read out
- Character Counter — count letters
- Fancy Text Generator — stylish letters
