najmu lfajr نجم لفجر

These two words might be read najmu lfajr نجم لفجر, "the morning star". Here najm نجم means "the star of", #alfajr ألفجر means "the morning". Both words have a crocodile mouth.

These two words contain eight letters:

ن ج م + ا ل ف ج ر

The first letter of the word najmu نجم is a ن, namely a tooth. As explained in section Upside Down Teeth, teeth are sometimes drawn bottom-to-top. This tooth is joined to a crocodile mouth by the red descending line you see in the figure on the right. I've drawn the loop of the miym clockwise here; you may draw it counterclockwise if you wish, but please don't let the hole show, as I did: first make a loop with a very small hole, then cover the hole with the red sixth stroke.

I might have written the knot of the miym ميم just after the lower jaw of the crocodile, as in the word , but this time I've placed it one square further to the left. Both ways are OK.

These are the strokes of the second word, #alfajr ألفجر.

This time I've started the second stroke at a higher point, but it's still two squares high. This lifts the final ر, which I felt to be too low in the try above (apparently I have overcorrected now as the ل seems too high this time... I'll try halfway next time).

You may tweak a little the sizes in squares and positions of the letters. Whenever I say "this must be two squares high", understand that you may make it shorter or longer to make it harmonize with the letters around it. Sometimes, you must.

Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Jordi Mas Trullenque.
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Last revised: 2008-04-06

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