Dareechah-e-Nigaarish

Learning Urdu Keyboarding

(i.e. learning to type Urdu text)

Learn keyboarding (i.e. learn to type Urdu) using an Urdu language phonetic keyboard. First install the Urdu phonetic keyboard by clicking the link embedded here.

Step 1a: Diagram of the Urdu Phonetic Keyboard

Other diagrams of the Urdu Phonetic keyboard layout can be seen by clicking this link.



Holding down the "shift" key on the keyboard and typing any of the alphabet keys  may produce a different letter. For example, pressing the s key on the Urdu phonetic keyboard produces the Urdu letter س while holding down the shift key and pressing the s key produces the letter ص
Similarly, the d key  =  د
and shift + d key = ڈ
and so on.

ٰIn the diagram above, each rectangle shows two Urdu letters: the lower letter appears if only that key is pressed while the upper letter in the rectangle is produced when the shift key and that key are pressed together.

Shift + p gives the Urdu vowel paish  ُ  

Shift + . key gives the Urdu vowel zabar َ 

Shift + , key gives the Urdu vowel zair  ِ  

Shift + - key gives the airaab tashdeed or shudd ّ  

Shift + ` key gives the airaab do zabar  ً 

 ` key alone gives the airaab do zair  ٍ  

Shift + 7 key gives the Urdu vowel hamzaa  ٔ 

Shift + [ key gives beginning quotation mark ‘

Shift + ] key gives the ending quotation mark ’.

 
Step 1b:  Left Home keys

a, s, d, f  keys on the left centre of the keyboard and j, k, l, ;  keys on the right centre of the keyboard are called the Home Keys. The fingers come back and hover over these keys after every key stroke so they are the "home" of the typing fingers

ا  آ  س  ص  د  ڈ  ف  ٖ  گ

آس   سا   صد   گا   صفی   داس   ڈس

Type out practice words till you can type Left Home Keys without looking at the keyboard

Step 1c: Right Home keys

ل   ک   خ   ج   ض   ھ   ح

خل   ضل   حل   کج   کل   ھل   حل   لج   جل

Type out practice words till you can type Right Home Keys without looking at the keyboard

Step 1d: Upper Row Left Keys

ق   و   ع   ر   ڑ   ت   ٹ

رت   رو   تڑ   ڑت   عورت   ٹر   رٹ   قوت    رقت   عرق

Type out practice words till you can type Upper Row Left Keys without looking at the keyboard

Step 1e: Upper Row Right Keys

پ   ُ  ہ    ۃ    ی   ٰ  ئ

پی   پہ   پہہ  ہی   پۃ   پۃہ   ہئ   ہپی

Type out practice words till you can type Upper Row Right Keys without looking at the keyboard

Step 1f: Lower Row Left Keys

ز   ذ   ش   ژ   چ   ث   ط   ظ   ب

زچ   شب   طچ   بث   ذش   طز   طذ   بذ   ذط   بچ

Type out practice words till you can type Lower Row Left Keys without looking at the keyboard

Step 1g: Lower Row Right Keys

؟   ۔   َ  زبر   ،     ِ زیر    م    ن    ں

ماں    نم    ۔    من   ،     مِن     نَم

Type out practice words till you can type Lower Row Right Keys without looking at the keyboard