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title: "إِلَى (ilā) meaning in Arabic: to, towards"
description: "إِلَى (ilā) means “to, towards”. Level A0: forms and how to read it letter by letter, from the Fasaha dictionary."
canonical: "https://fasaha.app/w/ila"
language: "en"
direction: "ltr"
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# إِلَى

*ilā* · **to, towards**

إِلَى (ilā) is an Arabic particle meaning “to, towards”. Fasaha’s library first uses it at level A0.

- Part of speech: Particle
- Level: A0

## How to read إِلَى, letter by letter

3 letters, read from right to left. The marks above and below the letters are the short vowels.

- إ — همزة تحت ألف (hamza): a glottal stop, the catch in “uh-oh”
- ل — لام (lām): l
- ى — ألف مقصورة (ʾalif maqṣūra): a final long ā, written like yāʾ without dots

## Questions about إِلَى

### What level is إِلَى?

Fasaha first uses إِلَى at level A0, on a scale from A0 (first words) to C2 (classical prose).


[All words in the Fasaha dictionary](https://fasaha.app/w)