Arabic English Notes
Mastering Arabic 1 Unit 9
ليبْيا/ليبيّ Libya/Libyan
مِصْر/مِصْريّ Egypt/Egyptian
سورِيا/سوريّ Syria/Syrian
العِرَاق/عِراقيّ Iraq/Iraqi
السَّعوديّة/سَعوديّ Saudi (arabia)/Saudi
أمْريكا/أمْريكيّ America/American
اِنجِلْتَرا/اِنْجِلتزيّ England/English
جِنْسِيَّة nationality, citizenship
جَنوب south From ج ن ب‎ (j-n-b) with the base stem meaning “to go aside”, “to go far off in a direction”, ”to remove to a distance”, “to be remote”, “to change” or “to veer”, “to take off one's clothes” or “to lay them aside”. The direction originates as the name of a positively-viewed warm-moist southerly wind, the humid weather allowing clothes to be laid aside, whereas شِمَال‎ (šimāl, “north”) comes from a root ش م ل‎ (š-m-l) with the meaning “bundling up” or “wrapping up” because that wind by contrast necessitated wrapping up clothes. Also see Canopus (Canopus), and سُهَيْل‎ (suhayl, “Canopus”).
شَرْق east Also "sunrise"
شَمال north From the root ش م ل‎ (š-m-l) meaning “to be leftward” – the north direction being the left-hand side facing the sunrise. Additionally it is relatable to the root meaning “to bundle” or “to wrap”, as the cold northern wind necessitated wrapping up with clothes, contrasting with جَنُوب‎ (janūb, “south”) from the root ج ن ب‎ (j-n-b) meaning “changing”, “laying aside” clothes, the warm southern wind allowing to put off clothes.
غَرْب west Also "sunset". Related غَرَبَ • (ḡaraba) "to go away, depart, withdraw, leave".
الشَّرْق الأَوْسَط The Middle East
السُّودان/سُودانيّ Sudan/Sudanese
لُبنْان/لُبْنانيّ Lebanon/Lebanese
الأُرْدُنّ/أُردُنيّ Jordan/Jordanian
عُمان/عُمانيّ Oman/Omani
اليَمَن/يَمَنيّ Yemen/Yemeni
الصِّين/صينيّ China/Chinese
روسْيا/روسيّ Russia/Russian
اليابان/يابانيّ Japan/Japanese
فَرَنْسا/فَرَنْسيّ France/French
أَلْمانيا/أَلْمانيّ Germany/German
أَسْبانيا/أَسْبانيّ Spain/Spanish
إيطالْيا/إيطاليّ Italy/Italian
عاصِمة capital (city)
دَوْلَة country, state
مِهْنة profession
طَبيب doctor
أَنْتُمْ you (plural)
مِنْ from
نِيُويُورْك New York Workbook p. 38
لَنْدَن London Workbook p. 38
بَارِيس Paris Workbook p. 40
Mastering Arabic 1 Unit 10
تُفَّاح apples
بُرْتُقَال oranges
مَوْز bananas
سوق/أَسْوَاق market
طَبَق/أَطْبَاق plate
ذَهَب gold
فِضّة silver
قُطْن cotton
صِفْر zero
واحِد one
اِثْنان two
ثَلاثَة three
أرْبَعَة four From the root ر ب ع‎ (r-b-ʿ). Compare رُبُع or رُبْع "one fourth, one quarter; quarter (area or region)", رَبِيع "spring (season)"
خَمْسَة five
سِتَّة six
سَبْعَة seven
ثَمانِيَة eight
تِسْعَة nine
عَشَرَة ten
كَمْ؟ how many?
تِليفون telephone
رَقْم تِليفون telephone number
عُنْوان address
بِكَمْ؟ how much?
جُنَيْه Pound
رِيال Riyal
دينار Dinar
ليرة Lira
دِرْهَم Dirham
كيلو kilo
طَماطِم tomatoes
بَطاطِس potatoes
مَنْجَة mangoes
صَنْدَل sandals
طَبْلة drum
قِلادة necklace
سَلّة basket
تي–شيرت T-shirt
نُحاس copper
خَشَب wood
جِلْد leather
زُجاج glass (material)
حَرير silk
كَمْبْيُوتَر computer Used Wiktionary diacritics, as textbook lacked some
كِبْريت matches
بالونات balloons
رَقْم numeral, number, figure, rate, (sports) record From the root ر ق م‎ (r-q-m) meaning "to engrave", "to imprint or impress", "to tag or label", "to mark". Compare تَرْقِيم "punctuation, pointing"
كيس bag to take away purchases Defined on p. 130
عِنْدَ at (prep. for "have") Defined on p. 128
مَعَ with (prep. for "have") Defined on p. 128
لِـ to (prep. for "have") Defined on p. 128
نِصْف half or middle used in textbook p. 155 but defined where? .. also نُصْف
رُبُع one fourth, one quarter Also رُبْع. Used on workbook p. 50 (Unit 12)
ثُلُث one third also ثُلْث