Arabizi decoder

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Arabizi decoder

Online and on menus, Arabs write Arabic in Latin letters, using numbers for the sounds English lacks. Type some and watch it turn back into Arabic.

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The number code

Each digit stands for a sound — most look a little like the Arabic letter.

hamza

ʿayn

ghayn

kha

ṭa

ẓa

ḥa

qaf

ṣad

ḍad

Try these

7abibiحبيبيmy darling

3arabiعربيArabic

kifakكيفكhow are you?

9a3bصعبdifficult

5alasخلاصthat’s it / done

Arabizi is loose and personal — there’s no official spelling, so this is a best-effort decoder. Short vowels are often dropped, just like in real Arabic writing.