'a7mar — أَحْمَر red 'a7san — أَحْسَن better 'a7san-ma — أَحْسَن مَا so that (I/you) won't 'aa — آه yes 'aasif — آسِف sorry 'ab — أَب father 'ab3at — أَبْعَت that I send (subj.) 'abooy — أَبُويْ my father 'abu — أَبُو father-of 'abyaD — أَبْيَض white 'adfa3 — أَدْفَع that I pay 'afta7 — أَفْتَح that I open 'aghraaD — أَغْرَاض belongings, things, stuff 'ahla u-sahla — أَهْلًا وْسَهْلًا welcome 'ahlan — أَهْلًا hi 'ajnabi — أَجْنَبِي foreigner 'ajnabiyye — أَجْنَبِيِّة foreigner 'akeed — أَكِيد sure, certainly, of course 'akh — أَخ brother 'akhad — أَخَد he took, received, got 'akhbaar — أَخْبَار news, the news 'akhooy — أَخُويْ my brother 'akhu — أَخُو brother-of 'akl — أَكْل food 'alf — أَلْف thousand 'amna3 — أَمْنَع that I prevent 'ana — أَنَا I 'arba3a — أَرْبَعَة four 'arD — أَرْض land, plot, field 'as'al — أَسْأَل that I ask 'aswad — أَسْوَد black 'aw — أَو or 'aywa — أَيْوَا yes, yeah 'ayya — أَيّ which? (used before a noun) 'ayya waa7ad — أَيّ وَاحَد which one 'azra3 — أَزْرَع that I sow 'azraq — أَزْرَق blue 'eed — إِيد hand, arm 'eemta — إِيمْتا when? 'eesh — إِيش what (like shu) 'i7na — إِحْنا we 'ibn- — ابِن son 'idaa3a — إِذاعَة radio, broadcast 'iDraab — إِضْراب strike, walkout 'ila — إِلى to, towards 'illi — اللِّي that, which, who, whom 'imm — إِمّ mother 'inn — إِنّ that (conjunction) 'inshalla — إِنْ شاء الله god willing, hopefully 'inte — إِنْتَ you 'inti — إِنْتِ you 'intu — إِنْتُو you (pl) 'ishaara — إِشارَة signal, traffic light 'ishi — إِشِي thing, something 'isim — اسِم name 'ukht — أُخْت sister 'usboo3 — أُسْبُوع week 'ustaaz — أُسْتَاز teacher, sir, Mr. 3a-l-qaleele — عَ الْقَلِيلِة at least 3aadatan — عَادَةً usually, normally 3aade — عَادِة custom, habit 3aali — عَالِي high, tall, loud 3aamil — عَامِل worker, labourer 3aasher — عَاشِر tenth 3afwan — عَفْوًا you're welcome, excuse me, pardon 3ajan — عَجَن to knead (dough) 3ala — عَلَى on, onto, about 3amm — عَمّ paternal uncle 3an — عَن about, from, off 3aql — عَقْل mind, sense, intelligence 3arabi — عَرَبِي Arab, Arabic 3arabiyye — عَرَبِيِّة Arab 3asha — عَشَا dinner, supper 3ashaan — عَشَان for, because of, in order to 3ashara — عَشَرَة ten 3aTa — عَطَا to give 3azam — عَزَم to invite 3azza — عَزَّى to comfort, to offer condolences 3eele — عِيلِة family, families 3een — عِين eye, spring (water source) 3ilbe — عِلْبِة tin, can, box 3ind — عِنْد at, at the place of 3indak — عِنْدَك you have, at your place 3indi — عِنْدِي I have, at my place 3ishreen — عِشْرِين twenty 3umor — عُمُر age, life 3umri — عُمْرِي my age, my life 3urs — عُرْس wedding 7aades — حَادِس accident, event, incident 7aakoora — حَاكُورَة yard, vegetable plot 7aal — حَال situation, state 7aara — حَارَة neighborhood, quarter 7abb — حَبّ to love, to like 7abbe — حَبِّة grain, pill, single unit 7abel — حَبِل rope 7ada — حَدَا anyone, anybody 7afle — حَفْلِة party, celebration 7aka — حَكَى to talk, to say 7alaawe — حَلَاوِة sweets, candy, dessert 7aleeb — حَلِيب milk 7araara — حَرَارَة heat, fever 7arb — حَرْب war 7aSad — حَصَد to harvest, reap 7atta — حَتَّى so that 7ilu — حِلُو beautiful, sweet, nice 7saab — حْسَاب arithmetic, calculation, bill 7ukoome — حُكُومِة government 7zeeraan — حْزيران June a7la — أَحْلَى nicer, prettier aab — آب August aazaar — آذار March aghla — أَغْلَى more expensive aja — أَجَا to come akal — أَكَل to eat, he ate akbar — أَكْبَر bigger akhDar — أَخْضَر green aktar — أَكْتَر more aqwa — أَقْوَى stronger arkhaS — أَرْخَص cheaper aS3ab — أَصْعَب harder, more difficult aSfar — أَصْفَر yellow aTyab — أَطْيَب tastier ayyaar — أيّار May b- — بـ with, by means of ba3at — بَعَت he sent ba3d — بَعْد after ba3deen — بَعْدِين afterwards, later ba3eed — بَعِيد far, distant baab — بَاب door baan — بَان to appear, to show, to seem baaqi — بَاقِي rest, remaining, remainder badri — بَدْرِي early balaash — بَلَاش don't! (used in negative commands) balad — بَلَد town, country bana — بَنَى to build banafsaji — بَنَفْسَجي purple barra — بَرَّا outside, outdoors bass — بَسّ only, but baTaale — بَطَالِة unemployment bataaTa — بَطَاطَا potato baTn — بَطُن stomach, belly beeD — بيض eggs beet — بِيت house bidd — بِدّ to want, want bijooz — بِجُوز perhaps, possibly bint — بِنْت daughter, girl bukra — بُكْرَا tomorrow burtuqaani — بُرْتُقاني orange bustaan — بُسْتَان garden, orchard busukleet — بُسُكْلِيت bicycle daan — دان ear daar — دَار house daayman — دَايْمًا always dafa3 — دَفَع he paid, made do, pushed dafash — دَفَش to push daftar — دَفْتَر notebook, exercise book daghdagh — دَغْدَغ to tickle Daher — ضَهُر back dakhal — دَخَل he went in, entered daqeeqa — دَقِيقَة minute Darab — ضَرَب he hit, struck, beat, to hit daras — دَرَس to study dars — دَرْس lesson, class Deef — ضِيف guest doktowr — دُكْتُور doctor dukhkhaan — دُخّان smoke dukkaan — دُكّان shop embaare7 — إِمْبارِح yesterday enDeef — نْضِيف clean eylool — أيْلول September faaz — فاز to win faj'a — فَجْأَة suddenly fallaa7 — فَلّاح farmer, fellah fara7 — فَرَح joy, wedding fata7 — فَتَح he opened fawaakeh — فَواكِه fruit fee — فِي there is, there are fee 3indi — فِي عِنْدِي I've got, I have feen — فِين where (in s.a.) fi — فِي in, inside, at fiker — فِكِر thought, opinion filfil — فِلْفِل pepper film — فِلِم film, movie fire7 — فِرِح to be glad, to be happy, to rejoice foot — فُوت come in (imperative), enter fowq — فَوْق above fustaan — فُسْتان dress ghaali — غالِي expensive ghareeb — غَرِيب strange, odd, foreign ghasal — غَسَل to wash, do laundry ghaseel — غَسِيل washing, laundry ghaym — غيم cloud, clouds ghayyar — غَيَّر to change gheer — غِير other, else, another, different haada — هادا this, that, this one haadi — هادِي calm, quiet haay — هاي this, that hadaak — هَداك that (over there) hadowl — هَدول these, those hal- — هَالـ this, these, that, those hallaq — هَلَّق now harab — هَرَب to run away, escape hawa — هَوا wind, air hayy — هَيّ here is, here's, this is hayyen — هَيِّن easy hayyne — هَيِّنَة easy heek — هِيك so, like this, this way hiyye — هِيِّه she, it (f) hown — هَوْن here humme — هُمِّه they hunaak — هُناك there huwwe — هُوِّه he, it (m) i-koon — يْكُون that he be i-moot — يْمُوت that he die i-zoor — يْزُور that he visit il- — الـ the il-3aalam — الْعالَم the world il-7add — الْحَدّ Sunday il-7amdilla — الْحَمْدِلله thank God, praise God il-7aqq — الْحَقّ rightness, the truth il-7aqq 3ala — الْحَقّ عَلى to be at fault, to be to blame il-arba3a — الْأَرْبَعَة Wednesday il-baaqi — الْباقِي the rest, the remainder il-jum3a — الْجُمْعَة Friday il-khamees — الْخَمِيس Thursday il-quds — الْقُدْس Jerusalem il-yoonaan — الْيُونان Greece ilyowm — اليَوْم today in-naaSre — النَّاصْرَة Nazareth is-sabt — السَّبْت Saturday iSba3 — إِصْبَع finger ishtaghal — اشْتَغَل to work, to operate it-talaata — التَّلَاتَة Tuesday it-tneen — التْنِين Monday iza — إِذا if jaab — جاب to bring jaaj — جاج chicken jaame3 — جامِع mosque jaar — جار neighbor jabal — جَبَل mountain jamb — جَنْب next to, beside jareede — جَرِيدَة newspaper jawaab — جَواب answer, reply jdeed — جْدِيد new jibne — جِبْنة cheese jidd — جِدّ grandfather joo3 — جُوع hunger jowz — جَوْز husband jum3a — جُمْعَة week juwwa — جُوّا inside, indoors kaan — كان he was kaan 3indi — كان عِنْدِي I had kaan biddo — كان بِدُّه he wanted kaan fee — كان فِي there was, there were kaan fee 3indi — كان فِي عِنْدِي I had kaanoon l-awwal — كانون الأوّل December kaanoon t-taani — كانون التّاني January kalb — كَلْب dog kam — كَم how many?, how much?, a few kamaan — كَمان also, too, as well, else kameera — كامِيرا camera kaneese — كَنِيسَة church katab — كَتَب to write, he wrote kazzaab — كَذّاب liar kbeer — كْبِير big, adult, old keef — كِيف how? keelo — كِيلو kilo kees — كِيس bag, sack khaames — خامِس fifth khaayef — خايِف afraid, scared khabar — خَبَر information, news khabaz — خَبَز to bake (bread) khalaS — خَلَص enough, that's it, done, ok khamse — خَمْسَة five khaTar — خَطَر danger khaTeer — خَطِير dangerous khayyaT — خَيَّط to sew kheer — خِير good, goodness khetyaar — خِتْيار old khiser — خِسِر to lose khuDra — خُضْرة vegetables kibreet — كِبْرِيت matches koon — كُون be! ktaab — كْتاب book kteer — كْتِير very, much, many kubbaaye — كُبّايِة glass kull — كُلّ every, each, all kunt — كُنْت I was kunt biddi — كُنْت بِدِّي I wanted kursi — كُرْسِي chair kwayyes — كْوَيِّس good, well la-hown — لَهَوْن (to) here la' — لَأْ no laakin — لاكِن but laazem — لازِم must lakhbaT — لَخْبَط to mess up, to mix up lamma — لَمَّا when laqa — لَقَى to find laTeef — لَطِيف kind, nice, pleasant law-sama7t — لَو سَمَحْت please, excuse me, if you would leel — لِيل night leesh — لِيش why? li'anno — لِأَنّو because li3eb — لِعِب to play libes — لِبِس to wear, he wore lissa — لِسَّا still, yet lown — لَوْن color, shade lugha — لُغَة language m3allem — مْعَلِّم teacher m3allme — مْعَلّْمِة teacher ma 3ada — ما عَدا except, apart from, aside from ma fee-sh — ما فِيش there isn't, there aren't ma-7ada — ما حَدا nobody, no one, not anybody ma-7adaa-sh — ما حَداش nobody ma3 — مَع with, together with ma3-salaame — مَع السَّلامِة goodbye, bye ma3qool — مَعْقُول reasonable, sensible, acceptable ma7aTTa — مَحَطَّة station maa fee — ما فِي there isn't, there aren't mabrook — مَبْرُوك congratulations mabsooT — مَبْسُوط pleased, feeling well mabsooT min — مَبْسُوط مِن pleased with madeene — مَدِينِة city madrase — مَدْرَسِة school makhzan — مَخْزَن storeroom mamnoo3 — مَمْنُوع forbidden, prohibited, not allowed mana3 — مَنَع he prevented, forbade manakheer — مَناخير nose manTaqa — مَنْطَقَة area, region, district mar7aba — مَرْحَبا hello, hi maraq — مَرَق he passed by mareeD — مَرِيض ill, sick, patient mareeDa — مَرِيضَة ill, sick, patient marra — مَرَّة time (occurrence), once maSaari — مَصارِي money masee7i — مَسِيحِي Christian maSer — مَصِر Egypt mashghool — مَشْغُول busy maSri — مَصْرِي Egyptian maTbakh — مَطْبَخ kitchen maw3ad — مَوْعَد appointment, date, deadline mawDoo3 — مَوْضُوع subject, topic mawjood — مَوْجُود present, available mayy — مَيّ water maZbooT — مَظْبُوط right, true meen — مِين who? mil7 — مِلِح salt min — مِن from, out of min-faDlak — مِن فَضْلَك please mish — مِش not mishi — مِشي to walk, to go miskeen — مِسْكِين poor, wretched mit'akhkhir — مِتْأَخِّر late mitjawwez — مِتْجَوِّز married mitjawze — مِتْجَوّْزِة married miyye — مِيِّة hundred mnee7 — مْنِيح good moot — مُوت die! mowz — موز bananas mubaarah — مُبارَة competition mudeer — مُدِير manager, boss muftaa7 — مُفْتاح key muhimm — مُهِمّ important mukhtaar — مُخْتار village headman, mukhtar mumken — مُمْكِن maybe, possible, can, may mumtaaz — مُمْتاز excellent mush laazem — مِش لازِم must not mushkile — مُشْكِلِة problem, issue mustashfa — مُسْتَشْفَى hospital musulmaan — مُسُلْمان Muslim muwaZZaf — مُوَظَّف official, employee, clerk na3am — نَعَم yes naadi — نادِي club naas — نَاس people naashef — ناشِف dry nafa3 — نَفَع to be useful, to benefit nafs — نَفْس self, same nahr — نَهْر river nashar — نَشَر to hang out (laundry), to publish nateeje — نَتِيجِة result, consequence neesaan — نيسان April nisi — نِسِي to forget nuSS — نُصّ half qabel — قَبِل before qabel-ma — قَبِل ما before + verb qaddam — قَدَّم to offer, to present, to submit qaddeesh — قَدِّيش how much?, how many? qadeem — قَدِيم old (of things), ancient qahwe — قَهْوِة coffee, café, coffee house qalb — قَلْب heart qaleel — قَلِيل a little qamees — قَمِيص shirt qanneene — قَنِّينِة bottle qareeb — قَرِيب near qareeb — قَرِيب relative, relation qaSeer — قَصِير short qatal — قَتَل he killed qool — قُول tell! quSSa — قُصَّة story raa7 — رَاح to go raabe3 — رابِع fourth rabaT — رَبَط to tie (up), attach raqabe — رَقَبة neck rijl — رِجِل leg, foot risaale — رِسالِة letter, message rkhees — رْخِيص cheap rmaadi — رْمادي grey, gray rou7 — رُوح go (imperative) rubu3 — رُبُع quarter, a fourth sa'al — سَأَل he asked (a question), he asked Sa3b — صَعْب hard, difficult Sa7ee7 — صَحِيح true, right, correct saa3a — سَاعَة hour, clock, watch, o'clock saa3ad — ساعَد to help Saa7eb — صَاحِب friend, owner saabe3 — سَابِع seventh saades — سَادِس sixth saaken — سَاكِن lives, living (in a place) saakne — سَاكْنِة lives, living (in a place) saakneen — سَاكْنِين (they) live, living saaq — سَاق to drive Saar — صَار to happen, to become sab3a — سَبْعَة seven Sabi — صَبِي boy, male child, youth Sabr — صَبْر patience sabt — سَبْت Saturday sahel — سَهْل easy, simple sakat — سَكَت to keep quiet, fall silent salaam — سَلَام peace salaame — سَلَامِة peace, well being sama — سَمَا sky, heaven sama7 — سَمَح to allow, permit samak — سَمَك fish sane — سَنِة year sawa — سَوَا together Sayya7 — صَيَّح to shout Seef — صيف summer sha3b — شَعْب (a) people shaaf — شَاف to see shaare3 — شَارِع street, road shaaTer — شَاطِر clever, smart, bright shaaTra — شَاطْرَة clever, smart shaay — شَاي tea shahr — شَهْر month shajara — شَجَرَة tree shamm — شَمّ to smell shams — شَمْس sun shanTa — شَنْطَة suitcase, bag shaqfe — شَقْفِة slice, piece sharaab — شَرَاب drink, beverage shbaaT — شْباط February sheekel — شِيكِل shekel shoo — شُو what? shoob — شوب hot (weather), heat shooraba — شوربة soup shubbaak — شُبَّاك window shughel — شُغُل work, job shukran — شُكْرًا thank you, thanks shwayy — شْوَيّ a little si3er — سِعِر price sitte — سِتِّة six Soora — صُورَة photo, picture, image su'aal — سُؤَال question Subu7 — صُبُح morning sukhon — سُخُن hot, warm sukkar — سُكَّر sugar ta3aal — تَعَال come! ta3baan — تَعْبَان tired, tired out taalit — تَالِت third taani — تَانِي other, another, second, again taase3 — تَاسِع ninth Taawle — طَاوْلِة table Taaza — طَازَة fresh Tabakh — طَبَخ to cook talaate — تَلَاتِة three Talab — طَلَب to ask for, to request tamaam — تَمَام precisely, exactly tamaanye — تَمَانْيِة eight tammooz — تَمّوز July tarak — تَرَك he left, abandoned tarjam — تَرْجَم to translate Taweel — طَوِيل long, tall Tayyeb — طَيِّب ok, fine, good, alright tfaDDal — تْفَضَّل please, go ahead, here you are tfarraj — تْفَرَّج to watch, to look at thaamen — تَامِن eighth thalj — تَلْج snow, ice Tifel — طِفِل baby, child, infant timm — تِمّ mouth tis3a — تِسْعَة nine tishreen l-awwal — تِشرين الأوّل October tishreen t-taani — تِشرين التّاني November tneen — تْنِين two Tool — طُول throughout, all along Towshe — طَوْشِة fight, brawl tuffaa7 — تُفّاح apples u- — وْ and waa7ad — وَاحَد one waaDe7 — وَاضِح clear, obvious waajah — وَاجَه to encounter, to face walad — وَلَد boy, child walla — وَاللَّه really, honestly, I swear waqa3 — وَقَع to fall, to fall down waqt — وَقْت time wardi — وَرْدي pink ween — وِين where? wijh — وِجِه face willa — وِلَّا or wisekh — وِسِخ dirty wiSel — وِصِل to arrive ya — يَا hey (before a name) ya3ni — يَعْنِي that's to say yalla — يَالَّا come on, let's go yameen — يَمِين right (direction) yimken — يِمْكِن perhaps yowm — يَوْم day zalame — زَلَمِة man, guy zamaan — زَمَان a long time, long ago Zann — ظَنّ to think zara3 — زَرَع he sowed zee7 — زِيح move! zgheer — زْغِير small, young zi3el — زِعِل to be angry, to regret zibde — زِبْدة butter zoor — زُور visit! zowba3a — زَوْبَعَة storm zowje — زَوْجِة wife zowq — زَوْق taste, good taste