Arabic Keyboard Online
Type Arabic online using an Arabic keyboard or write with English letters, Arabizi, and phonetic transliteration. No installation or signup required.
Use your physical keyboard or click the Arabic keys below.
How to Use the Arabic Keyboard
- 1Choose Arabic Keyboard or Arabizi → Arabic.
- 2In Arabic Keyboard mode, use your physical keyboard or click the Arabic keys.
- 3In Arabizi mode, type Arabic phonetically using English letters, Arabizi numbers, or transliteration.
- 4Edit the Arabic text or add diacritics if needed.
- 5Click Copy and paste your Arabic text anywhere.
Type Arabic with English Letters or Arabizi
Do not know the Arabic keyboard layout? Use our Arabizi and Arabic transliteration mode to type Arabic phonetically with English letters. You can write normal phonetic spellings such as marhaba or common Arabizi forms such as mar7aba, 3arabi, and 7abibi.
The transliteration happens as you type, so you can write Arabic without memorizing the Arabic keyboard layout.
Type Arabic Online
Type Arabic directly from any computer without installing an Arabic keyboard. Use the standard Arabic keyboard layout, click the virtual keys, or switch to Arabizi → Arabic to type using English letters and phonetic Arabic transliteration.
You can write words such as marhaba, mar7aba, or 3arabi and convert them into Arabic script. When you are finished, copy your Arabic text and paste it anywhere you need. Your text stays in your browser.
Type Arabic Without Installing a Keyboard
An online Arabic keyboard is the fastest option whenever you cannot - or do not want to - add an Arabic input language to the machine you are using.
- Shared computers at a library, hotel or internet café
- Work computers where you cannot change system settings
- School and university computers
- Travellers who need to write Arabic occasionally
- Arabic learners practising letters and diacritics
- Keyboards without printed Arabic letters on the keys
Arabic Keyboard Layout
The virtual keyboard follows the standard Arabic layout, so ش sits on A, ب on F and ا on H. Small Latin hints on each key show the mapping while you learn it.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How can I type Arabic without an Arabic keyboard?
- Open this page and start typing. The on-screen Arabic keyboard inserts Arabic letters at your cursor, so you do not need Arabic letters printed on your keys or an Arabic input language installed.
- Can I use my English keyboard to type Arabic?
- Yes. While the editor is focused, your physical keys follow the standard Arabic layout - pressing H writes ا, F writes ب, and the matching virtual key lights up as you type.
- Does the Arabic keyboard work on Windows and Mac?
- Yes. It works in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, including Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox.
- Can I type Arabic diacritics?
- Yes. Use the dedicated diacritics row for fatha, damma, kasra, shadda, sukun and tanween, or hold Shift on the letter keys.
- Can I copy the Arabic text?
- Yes. Click Copy - or press Ctrl/Cmd+C after selecting - and paste the Arabic text anywhere you need it.
- Can I type Arabic using English letters?
- Yes. Select Arabizi → Arabic and type Arabic phonetically using English letters. For example, marhaba can be converted to مرحبا.
- Does the keyboard support Arabizi?
- Yes. You can use common Arabizi spellings and numbers such as 3 for ع and 7 for ح, as well as phonetic spellings without numbers.
- What is Arabic transliteration?
- Arabic transliteration is a way to represent Arabic words using Latin letters. On Type Arabic Online, you can type words such as marhaba or shukran and convert them into Arabic script.
- Can I transliterate English letters into Arabic?
- Yes. Use the Arabizi → Arabic mode to type Arabic words phonetically with Latin letters and convert them into Arabic script as you type. It converts script, it does not translate.
- Is my typed text uploaded anywhere?
- No. The keyboard runs entirely in your browser. Your text is only saved locally on your own device so it is still there if you come back.