Ground / earth in Arabic: أرض
🌍 أَرْض
أرض means “ground / earth”. It has the letter Daad (ض) at the end.
Learn to write أرض (ground / earth), an Arabic word with Daad (ض) at the end. Picture, spelling and tracing rows. Free PDF.
⬇ Download free PDFWhat's on the sheet
- A picture 🌍 and أَرْض with vowel marks
- Spelling, letter by letter: أ - ر - ض
- Five tracing rows, then lines to write alone
How to use it
- Print on A4 (US Letter works too with "fit to page").
- Say the letter or word aloud together.
- Start at the orange dot and follow the arrow along the single dotted line, with a finger first, then a pencil. Arrows guide the first two tries, then fade away.
- Celebrate every finished row and colour the stars at the top.
About the letter: ض
- Daad (ض) sounds like a heavy, deep 'd'; it has one dot above.
- It joins the next letter, so it has four forms: ض ضـ ـضـ ـض.
- It looks like Saad (ص); the dots tell them apart.
- Also spelled: Daad, Dad, Dhad.
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What age are they for?
Ages 3–7: preschool, kindergarten (KG1, KG2), reception and Year 1 / Grade 1.
How many forms does Daad have?
Four: ض ضـ ـضـ ـض.
How can my child tell ض from ص?
By the dots: ض has one dot above; ص has no dots.

All Daad sheets
Letter forms
Isolated ض
Beginning ضـ
Middle ـضـ
End ـض
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