| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Mastering Arabic 1 Unit 11 | ||
| قَلْب(قُلوب) | heart/hearts | |
| كوب(أَكْواب) | glass, tumbler | |
| لَوْن(أَلْوان) | color | |
| أَبْيَض(بَيْضَاء) | white | |
| أَسْوَد(سَوْدَاء) | black | |
| أَخْضَر(خَضْرَاء) | green | |
| أَحْمَر(حَمْرَاء) | red | |
| أَزْرَق(زَرْقَاء) | blue | |
| أَصْفَر(صَفْراَء) | yellow | Root ص ف ر • (ṣ-f-r) Related to emptiness; related to the color yellow, the color of dead herbage. Unrelated to saffron زَعْفَرَان • (zaʿfarān) "with golden leaves". Cognates - second month of Islamic calendar, صَفَر; empty, void, vacant, evacuate, zero (صِفْر), brass, money, jaundice, whistle, hiss, chirp, stridulate, scream (of a siren) |
| صَاحِب(أصْحَاب) | friend/owner | |
| سوق(أسْواق) | market | |
| سِعْر(أَسْعار) | price | |
| فيلم(أَفْلام) | film | |
| وَقْت(أَوْقات) | time | |
| عام(أَعْوام) | year | |
| عَلَم(أَعْلام) | flag | Also "sign, token, authority, luminary, proper noun". Perhaps related to عِلْم • (ʿilm) m (plural عُلُوم (ʿulūm)) "knowledge, learning, information, (when in plural form) science" ?? (different plural pattern though) |
| شَكل(أشْكال) | shape, likeness | |
| سَيْف(سُيوف) | sword | |
| مَلِك(مُلوك) | king | |
| شَيْخ(شُيوخ) | sheikh | |
| شَمعة(شُموع) | candle | |
| حَفْلة(حَفْلات) | party | Also "gathering, meeting, assembly; party, celebration; show, performance; festival; concert". From the root ح ف ل (ḥ-f-l) |
| طَبَق(أَطْباق) | plate | |
| كيس(أَكْياس) | bag (plastic, etc.), sack | |
| قُبَّعَة(قُبَّعَات) | hat | Also "cap, hood, cowl". From Classical Syriac ܩܘܒܥܐ (qūḇᵊʿā, “hood”), from Western Aramaic קובעא (kōḇᵊʿā), cognate with Hebrew כּוֹבַע (kóḇaʿ), קּוֹבַע (kóḇaʿ, “helmet; turban”), while Ge'ez ቆብዕ (ḳobʿ, “hood, cap”) is also from Aramaic. Supposedly cognate with Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ), Latin caput |
| سِرْوال(سَراويل) | trousers | No etym on WK |
| حِذاء(أَحْذِية) | shoe | WK says "leather boot or shoe". No etymology found |
| كولا | cola | |
| بَلاَسْتيك | plastic | |
| وَرَق | paper | |
| مَوْقِع | [web]site | also position, place, spot, location, venue; time, date (e.g. website, parking space). Noun of place, from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʿa, “to fall, to drop, to come to pass, to occur”). |
| رائِع | great | |
| أَفْضَل | best | |
| أَيّ(أَيَّة) | which?/any (+ fem) | |
| كُلّ | all/every | |
| حَتَّى | until | Either from the root ح ت ت (ḥ-t-t) in the senses of "to scrape or rub off", "to remove or destroy", "to end something", "to drive back or repel"; or from the root ع ت ي (ʿ-t-y), meaning "to be excessive", "to push the limits or be at the threshold", "to be extremely old or at the extreme end of life" |
| هٰؤُلَاءِ | these (m,f) (for people only) | |
| حاضِر | certainly | More accurately translated as "present, before the eyes, ready (also applied to money)". Derived from the active participle of حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara, “to be present, to be settled”), from the root ح ض ر (ḥ-ḍ-r). |
| أُفَضِّل | I prefer | |
| أصْحَابي | my friends | Example declension from workbook p. 52 |
| نَعْل(نِعَال) | light shoe, sandal, flip-flop; sole; horseshoe | Alternative plural- أَنْعُل. Verbal noun of نَعَلَ (naʿala) "to sole, to shoe". From the root ن ع ل (n-ʿ-l). Compare for the “shoe” noun Classical Syriac ܢܥܠܐ (naʿlā), Hebrew נַעַל (náʿal) |
| أُولٰئِكَ | those | |
| رِيَاضَة | sport, mathematics | Used on p. 146. From root ر و ض (r-w-ḍ). Related to رِيَاضِيَّات which means "mathematics" |
| الإنترنت | Internet | Used on p. 146. Also إِنْتِرْنِت or إِنْتَرْنَت or إِنْتَرْنِت. Borrowed from English |
| بابا | papa, daddy, father (colloquial) | workbook p. 48 |
| ماما | mommy, mama (colloquial, dialectal) | workbook p. 48 |
| كِتابَة | writing | workbook, p. 48 |