| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Mastering Arabic 1 Unit 18 | ||
| التَعْليم | education | |
| الرِّياضَة | sport | |
| التَّاريخ | history | |
| الجُغْرافِيا | geography | |
| الموسيقى | music | |
| الرِياضيَّات | mathematics | |
| العُلوم | science | |
| اللُّغات | languages | |
| التَرِبية الدينيَّة | religious education | |
| الكيمياء | chemistry | |
| الرَسْم | drawing/art | |
| العَرَبيّة | Arabic (language) | |
| الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة | English (language) | WK has hamza, textbook lacks. |
| مُحاضَرة (ات) | lecture | |
| كُلِّيّة (كُلِّيّات) | faculty/college | From كُلّ (kull) "all, totality, everyone, everything". Not etymologically related to English "college" (which is from Latin con- + lēgō (“appoint”)) |
| مَكْتَبة (مَكْتَبات) | library/bookshop | |
| أُسْتاذ (أَساتِذة) | professor/lecturer | |
| الطَّبّ | medicine | From the root ط ب ب (ṭ-b-b). "forms words relating to curing, to medicine; forms words relating to treating someone gently". See طَبَّ • (ṭabba) I "to treat medically" |
| الهَنْدَسة | engineering | |
| الحُقوق | law (academic study) | |
| وَزير (وُزَرَاء) | minister | |
| وِزارة (وِزارات) | ministry | |
| أَمير (أُمَراء) | emir, prince | |
| إِمارَة (إِمارات) | emirate | |
| سَفير (سُفَرَاء) | ambassador | |
| سِفارة (سِفَارات) | embassy | |
| رَئيس (رُؤَسَاء) | president/chairman | |
| رِئاسَة (رِئاسَات) | presidency/chair | Verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʾasa) (form I) "to be in charge, to preside". From the root ر ء س (r-ʾ-s), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Cognate with Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rósh) and Aramaic רֵישָׁא (rēšā). |
| زَعيم (زُعَماء) | leader | From the root ز ع م (z-ʿ-m). Compare زَعَمَ "to claim; to pretend, assert; to impart one's opinion" |
| زَعامة (زَعامات) | leadership | |
| وَكيل (وُكَلاء) | agent | |
| وَكالة (وَكالات) | agency | |
| زَميل (زُمَلاء) | colleague/associate | |
| زَمالة (زَمالات) | colleagueship / fellowship / camaraderie | |
| مُدير (مُدَراء) | manager | Also "superintendent, boss, chief; (music) conductor". From root د و ر • (d-w-r) "related to circling". As adjective, active participle of أَدَارَ • (ʾadāra) IV "(of a business, company, organization, etc) to run, to manage, to govern, to operate; to make turn, to rotate, to spin, to revolve, to whirl; to turn around". See دَارَ • (dāra) I "to turn, to revolve, to rotate" |
| رَئيس الوُزَراء | the prime minister | |
| مَجْلِس الوُزَراء | the Cabinet (council of ministers) | |
| الإمارات العَرَبيّة المُتَّحِدة | the United Arab Emirates (UAE) | |
| الإِعْلان | advertising | From إِعْلَان • (ʾiʿlān) m "advertisement; announcement; publication". Verbal noun of أَعْلَنَ (ʾaʿlana) (form IV). "to reveal to the public, to publish, to publicize; to announce; to indicate; to summon". From the root ع ل ن (ʿ-l-n) "related to publicity". |
| شَرِكة (شَرِكات) | company (business) | |
| اِجْتِمَاع (اِجْتِماعات) | meeting | |
| مُؤْتَمَر (مُؤْتَمَرات) | conference | Noun of place in the form of the passive participle of اِئْتَمَرَ (iʾtamara, “to deliberate”), from the root ء م ر (ʾ-m-r) "related to commanding or instructing". Recall تَحت أَمْرَك "تَحت أَمْرَك" from Unit 12. |
| الصِناعة | industry | From صَنَعَ (ṣanaʿa, “to make, manufacture”), from the root ص ن ع (ṣ-n-ʿ) "related to building and designing". Cognate "arsenal" from Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa). |
| الصِحَّة | health | From the root ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ) "forms words relating to health and truth". |
| خاصّ | private | Also "special; particular; specific; designated; characteristic; distinguished; exclusive". Derived from the active participle of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”), from the root خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ) "related to things being or becoming special" |
| مُخْتَلِف | different | Derived from the active participle of اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa, “to differ”), from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f) "Having to do with change, difference, or transition.". Compare خَلَفَ "to follow; to replace; to lag behind; to be detained". |
| حَياة (حَيَوات) | life | From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w), related to Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”, also a man's name). |
| بِداية | beginning | |
| الشَّعْب | the people (troop, band, tribe, nation) | From the root ش ع ب (š-ʿ-b). Compare شَعَبَ "to gather, unite; to mend; to disperse; to get separated; to leave one's people; to appear". Different root from Sabian (الصابئة). |
| عامِل (عُمّال) | worker | From ع م ل • (ʿ-m-l), "related to doing; related to working" |
| بَدَأ / يَبْدَأ | to begin | From the root ب د ء. Not to be confused with بَدَا • (badā) I "to seem, to appear" (root ب د و (b-d-w)), or ٱبْتَدَعُ "to originate" (root ب د ع). |
| عَرَف / يَعْرِف | to know | |
| رَكِب / يَرْكَب | to ride (on) | |
| حَتَّى | until | |
| خارِج | outside of | |
| بَلْ | but rather, instead | |
| تَرْبِيَة | education, rearing, pupil | Also "progress; increase; pupil, foster child". Verbal noun of رَبَّى (rabbā, “to raise, to educate”), from the root ر ب و (r-b-w). |
| ظُّهْرًا | in the afternoon | p. 247, not in vocab section |
| عُمُومًا | generally | From p. 248, CD 2:49. From عُمُوم "generality, prevalence", verbal noun of عَمَّ "to be or become general" |
| جَلْسَة عَمَل | workshop | Workbook, p. 75 "additional vocabulary" |
| جَلْسَة | session, sitting | Etymology for above |
| مَحَطَّة | station | From Workbook p. 76 |
| طَلَبَ / يَطْلُبُ | search; request; order; invite | From Workbook p. 76 |
| زِيارة (زِيارات) | visit (noun) | From workbook p. 76 (also Unit 19) |
| حَضَر / يَحْضُر | to attend | From workbook p. 76 (also unit 19) |
| أَسْمَنْت | cement | From textbook p. 256, workbook p. 76 |
| نَظَّف / يُنَظِّف | to clean | From workbook p. 76 (also unit 19) |
| ما | with past verb | p. 257, "past negative" section |
| لَمْ | not (with jussive/"present", to deny past) | p. 257, "past negative" section |
| لَمْ يَشْرَب | he didn't drink | |
| لَمْ تَشْرَبِي | you (fem.) didn't drink | |
| لَمْ تَشْرَبُوا | you (pl.) didn't drink | |
| لَمْ يَشْرَبُوا | they didn't drink | |