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title: "Iyyaka meaning in Arabic: إِيَّاكَ — you (object, placed first: you alone)"
description: "Iyyaka (إِيَّاكَ, iyyāka) means “you (object, placed first: you alone)” in Arabic. Level B1: forms and how to read it letter by letter, from the Fasaha dictionary. Also written iyyaaka."
canonical: "https://fasaha.app/w/iyyaka"
language: "en"
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# إِيَّاكَ

*iyyāka* · **you (object, placed first: you alone)**

إِيَّاكَ (iyyāka) is an Arabic pronoun meaning “you (object, placed first: you alone)”. Fasaha’s library first uses it at level B1.

- Part of speech: Pronoun
- Level: B1

## How to read إِيَّاكَ, letter by letter

4 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”
- ي — ياء (yāʾ): y, or a long i
- ا — ألف (ʾalif): a long a, or a seat for hamza
- ك — كاف (kāf): k

## Questions about إِيَّاكَ

### What level is إِيَّاكَ?

Fasaha first uses إِيَّاكَ at level B1, on a scale from A0 (first words) to C2 (classical prose).


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

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