'a7mar — أَحْمَر 7umor (red) 'aadami — آدَمِي 'awaadem (decent, pleasant) 'aale — آلِة 'aalaat (machine, apparatus) 'abyaD — أَبْيَض beeD / buyoD (white) 'aDrab — أَضْرَب yiDreb / yuDreb (to strike, go on strike) 'aja — أَجَا yeeji (to come) 'ajnabi — أَجْنَبِي 'ajaaneb (foreigner) 'akhad — أَخَد yaakhod / yowkhed (he took, received) 'akhDar — أَخْضَر khudor (green) 'arD — أَرْض 'araaDi (land, plot) 'aSfar — أَصْفَر Sufor (yellow) 'ashqar — أَشْقَر shuqor (blond, fair) 'asmar — أَسْمَر sumor (swarthy, dark brown) 'aswad — أَسْوَد sood (black) 'awwal — أَوَّل 'awaa'el (first, beginning) 'az3ar — أَزْعَر zu3raan (lout, yob) 'azraq — أَزْرَق zuroq (blue) 'eed — إِيد 'eedeen / 'aydi (hand, arm) 'idaa3a — إِذاعَة 'idaa3aat (radio, broadcast) 'iDraab — إِضْراب 'iDraabaat (strike, walkout) 'ishaara — إِشارَة 'ishaaraat (signal, traffic light) 'ishi — إِشِي 'ashya / 'eshya / 'ashyaa' (thing, something) 'iTfaa'i — إِطْفائِي 'iTfaa'iyye (firefighter) 'ughniye — أُغْنِيِة 'aghaani (song) 'ukht — أُخْت 7awaat (sister) 'usboo3 — أُسْبُوع 'asaabee3 (week) 'ustaaz — أُسْتَاز 'asaatze / 'asaatida (teacher, sir) 3aade — عَادِة 3aadaat / 3awaayed (custom, habit) 3aali — عَالِي 3aalyeen (high, tall) 3aamel — عَامِل 3ummaal / 3aamilaat / 3awaamel (cause, factor) 3aDu — عَضُو 'a3Daa' / 3aDwaat (limb, member) 3alaame — عَلَامِة 3alaamaat (mark, grade (at school)) 3amaara — عَمَارَة 3amaaraat (building) 3amm — عَمّ 3maam (paternal uncle) 3arabi — عَرَبِي 3arab (Arab, Arabic) 3arabiyye — عَرَبِيِّة 3arabiyyaat / 3arabaayaat (Arab) 3ashara — عَشَرَة 3asharaat (ten) 3asheere — عَشِيرِة 3ashaa'er / 3ashaayer (clan, tribe) 3eele — عِيلِة 3iyal (family, families) 3een — عِين 3yoon (eye, spring (water source)) 3iyaade — عِيَادِة 3iyaadaat (clinic) 3umor — عُمُر 'a3moor (age, life) 7aades — حَادِس 7awaades (accident, event) 7aakoora — حَاكُورَة 7awaakeer (yard, vegetable plot) 7aal — حَال 'a7waal (situation, state) 7aale — حَالِة 7aalaat (case) 7aara — حَارَة 7aaraat (neighborhood, quarter) 7abbe — حَبِّة 7abbaat / 7boob (grain, pill) 7abel — حَبِل e7baal (rope) 7afle — حَفْلِة 7aflaat (party, celebration) 7all — حَلّ 7ulool (solution) 7alqa — حَلْقَة 7alaqaat / 7alaq (ring, episode) 7araami — حَرَامِي 7araamiyye (thief) 7arb — حَرْب 7uroob (war) 7areeqa — حَرِيقَة 7araayeq / 7araa'eq (fire, blaze) 7ilu — حِلُو 7ilween (beautiful, sweet) 7orr — حُرّ 'a7raar (free (i.e. at liberty)) 7saab — حْسَاب 7saabaat (arithmetic, calculation) 7ukoome — حُكُومِة 7ukoomaat (government) baab — بَاب bwaab / 'abwaab (door) baaqi — بَاقِي baaqeen / baaqyeen (rest, remaining) baared — بَارِد baardeen (cold) baddaale — بَدَّالِة baddaalaat (telephone exchange) balad — بَلَد blaad (town, country) baladiyye — بَلَدِيِّة baladiyyaat (municipality, town hall) barnaamaj — بَرْنَامَج baraamej (program, programs) beet — بِيت byoot / 'abyaat (house) bint — بِنْت banaat (daughter, girl) blokk — بْلُوكّ blokkaat (block, brick (for building)) breeq — بْرِيق 'abaareeq (jug, pitcher) bustaan — بُسْتَان basaateen (garden, orchard) busukleet — بُسُكْلِيت busukleetaat (bicycle) Da7iyye — ضَحِيِّة Da7aaya (victim) daan — دان dineen (ear) daar — دَار door / diyaar (to turn, to direct (towards)) dafa3 — دَفَع yidfa3 (he paid, made do) daftar — دَفْتَر dafaater (notebook, exercise book) daleel — دَلِيل 'adille (guide, proof) daqeeqa — دَقِيقَة daqaayeq / daqaa'eq (minute) daqen — دَقَن dqoon (chin, beard) daraje — دَرَجَة daraj / darajaat (step, stair) Darar — ضَرَر 'aDraar (damage, harm) dars — دَرْس droos (lesson, class) dawa — دَوا 'adwiye (medicine) dawle — دَوْلَة duwal (state, country) Deef — ضِيف Dyoof (guest) doktowr — دُكْتُور dakaatra (doctor) dowr — دَوْر 'adwaar (turn, part) dowra — دَوْرَة dowraat (turn, course) dukkaan — دُكّان dakaakeen (shop) durzi — دُرْزِي drooz (Druze) fa33aal — فَعّال fa33aaleen (active, effective) fa33aaliyye — فَعّالِيَّة fa33aaliyyaat (activity) fa7S — فَحْص fu7ooS / fu7ooSaat (examination) faaDi — فاضِي faaDyeen (empty, vacant) faar — فار feeraan (mouse) fallaa7 — فَلّاح fallaa7een (farmer, fellah) fara7 — فَرَح 'afraa7 (joy, wedding) fiker — فِكِر 'afkaar (thought, opinion) furSa — فُرْصَة furaS (opportunity, chance) fustaan — فُسْتان fasaateen / faSaaTeen (dress) ghaali — غالِي ghaalyeen (expensive) gharaame — غَرامَة gharaamaat (fine) ghareeb — غَرِيب ghareebeen / ghuraba (strange, odd) ghaTa — غَطا ghuTi (lid, cover) gheem — غِيم ghyoom (cloud) ghurfe — غُرْفَة ghuraf (room) haada — هادا hadowl (this, that) haadi — هادِي haadyeen (calm, quiet) hadiyye — هَدِيَّة hadaaya (gift, present) hayyen — هَيِّن hayyneen (easy) hazze — هَزَّة hazzaat (shock, jolt) hiwaaye — هِوايَة hiwaayaat (hobby) huwwe — هُوِّه huwwaat (he, it (m)) imti7aan — امْتِحان imti7aanaat (examination, examinations) jaam3a — جامْعَة jaami3aat (university) jaame3 — جامِع jawaame3 (mosque) jaar — جار jeeraan (neighbor) jaaroor — جارُور jawaareer (drawer, drawers) jabal — جَبَل jbaal (mountain) jamaa3a — جَماعَة jamaa3aat (group, gang (of friends)) jareede — جَرِيدَة jaraayed (newspaper) jarraar — جَرّار jawaareer (shutter (of a shop)) jawaab — جَواب 'ajwibe (answer, reply) jidd — جِدّ jdood (grandfather) jiha — جِهَة jihaat (side) jowz — جَوْز jwaaz (husband) jum3a — جُمْعَة juma3 (week) jumle — جُمْلَة jumal (sentence (grammatical)) juzdaan — جُزْدان jazaadeen (purse) kaamel — كامِل kaamleen (complete, perfect) kalb — كَلْب klaab (dog) kaneese — كَنِيسَة kanaa'es (church) kashshaaf — كَشّاف kashshaafe (scout, member of the Scout Association) kazzaab — كَذّاب kazzaabeen (liar) kbeer — كْبِير kbaar (big, adult) kees — كِيس kyaas (bag, sack) khaal — خال khwaal (uncle (mother's brother)) khabar — خَبَر 'akhbaar (information, news) kharbaan — خَرْبان kharbaaneen (out of order, no good) khashab — خَشَب 'akhshaab (wood (material)) khaTar — خَطَر yukhTor / yakhTor / 'akhTaar (danger) khaTT — خَطّ khTooT / khuTooT (line) kheeT — خِيط kheeTaan / khyooT (thread, cord) khetyaar — خِتْيار khetyaariyye / khtyaariyye (old) khidme — خِدْمِة khidamaat / khadamaat (service) khowf — خَوْف makhaawef (fear) khsaara — خْسارَة khasaa'er / khaSaa'er (loss) khuDarji — خُضَرْجِي khuDarjiyye (greengrocer, vegetable seller) kilme — كِلْمِة kalimaat (word) ktaab — كْتاب kutob (book) kteer — كْتِير ktaar / kteereen (very, much) kubbaaye — كُبّايِة kubbaayaat (glass) kursi — كُرْسِي karaasi (chair) kwayyes — كْوَيِّس kwayyseen (good, well) laazem — لازِم lawaazem (must) lahje — لَهْجِة lahjaat (dialect, tone (of voice)) laTeef — لَطِيف luTafaa (kind, nice) lown — لَوْن 'alwaan (color, shade) lu3be — لُعْبِة lu3ab / 'al3aab (game, doll) lugha — لُغَة lughaat (language) m3allem — مْعَلِّم m3allmeen / mu3allimeen (teacher) ma3mal — مَعْمَل ma3aamel (factory, workshop) ma3na — مَعْنَى ma3aani (meaning, significance) ma7aTTa — مَحَطَّة ma7aTTaat (station) maal — مَال 'amwaal / imeel (property, money) mabrook — مَبْرُوك mabrookeen (congratulations) mabsooT — مَبْسُوط mabsooTeen (pleased, feeling well) madeene — مَدِينِة mudon (city) madrase — مَدْرَسِة madaares (school) majaal — مَجال majaalaat (field, room) majalle — مَجَلِّة majallaat (magazine, periodical) majboor — مَجْبُور majbooreen (forced, obliged) makhzan — مَخْزَن makhaazen (storeroom) malaff — مَلَفّ malaffaat (file (for documents)) marra — مَرَّة marraat (time (occurrence), once) masee7i — مَسِيحِي masee7iyyeen (Christian) mashghool — مَشْغُول mashghooleen (busy) masra7 — مَسْرَح masaare7 (theater) masra7iyye — مَسْرَحِيِّة masra7iyyaat (play) maSri — مَصْرِي maSriyyeen (Egyptian) maTbakh — مَطْبَخ maTaabekh (kitchen) mawDoo3 — مَوْضُوع mawaaDee3 (subject, topic) mawjood — مَوْجُود mawjoodeen (present, available) mawqaf — مَوْقَف mawaaqef (bus stop) mayy — مَيّ mayyaat / miyaah (water) maZbooT — مَظْبُوط maZbooTeen (right, true) mishi — مِشي yimshi (to walk, to go) miskeen — مِسْكِين masaakeen (poor, wretched) mist3edd — مِسْتْعِدّ mist3iddeen (ready, prepared (to)) mista3jel — مِسْتَعْجِل mista3aajleen (hurrying, in a hurry) mitjawwez — مِتْجَوِّز mitjawwzeen (married) miyye — مِيِّة miyyaat / mi'aat (hundred) mlabbase — مْلَبَّسِة mlabbas (sweet, candy) mnee7 — مْنِيح mnaa7 (good) mu7aaDara — مُحاضَرَة mu7aaDaraat (lecture, talk) mudeer — مُدِير mudara / mudaraa' (manager, boss) mufeed — مُفِيد mufeedeen (useful, instructive) muftaa7 — مُفْتاح mafaatee7 (key) mulk — مُلْك 'amlaak (property, possessions) mumtaaz — مُمْتاز mumtaazeen (excellent) munaasabe — مُناسَبِة munaasabaat (opportunity, occasion) muqaabale — مُقابَلِة muqaabalaat (interview) musaabaqa — مُسابَقَة musaabaqaat (competition, quiz) musalsal — مُسَلْسَل musalsalaat (series (TV)) mushaahed — مُشاهِد mushaahideen (viewer (TV, etc.)) mushkile — مُشْكِلِة mashaakel (problem, issue) mushwaar — مِشْوار mashaaweer (excursion, walk) mustanad — مُسْتَنَد mustanadaat (document) mustashfa — مُسْتَشْفَى mustashfaayaat (hospital) mustawa — مُسْتَوَى mustawayaat (level, standard) muTreb — مُطْرِب muTribeen (singer) muwaZZaf — مُوَظَّف muwaZZafeen (official, employee) naadi — نادِي nawaadi (club) naashef — ناشِف naashfeen (dry) nafs — نَفْس 'anfos / nufoos (self, same) nateeje — نَتِيجِة nataa'ej / nataayej (result, consequence) nijme — نِجْمِة njoom (star) now3 — نَوْع 'anwaa3 (type, kind) nukte — نُكْتِة nukat (joke, funny story) nuqTa — نُقْطَة nuqaT / niqaaT (point, dot) nuskha — نُسْخَة nusakh (copy) nuSS — نُصّ 'anSaaS / nSaaS (half) qaasi — قاسِي qaasyeen (hard, difficult) qadeem — قَدِيم qudama / qudamaa' / qudom (old (of things), ancient) qahwe — قَهْوِة qahaawi (coffee, café) qalb — قَلْب qloob / quloob (heart) qaleel — قَلِيل eqlaal (a little) qanneene — قَنِّينِة qanaani (bottle) qareeb — قَرِيب qareebeen (relative, relation) qarye — قَرْيِة qura (village) qaSaaS — قَصاص qaSaaSaat (punishment) qaSeer — قَصِير qSaar (short) qawi — قَوِي qawaaya (strong) qiTaa3 — قِطاع qiTaa3aat (sector, strip) qmaash — قْماش 'aqmishe / qmaashaat (fabric, cloth) quSSa — قُصَّة quSaS (story) qyaas — قْياس qyaasaat (size, measurement) ra'y — رَأْي 'aaraa' (opinion) raahbe — راهْبِة raahbaat (nun) raaheb — راهِب ruhbaan (monk) raas — رَاس roos (head) rabba — رَبَّى rabbaat (to raise, bring up) radd — رَدّ rudood (to reply, respond) raqabe — رَقَبة raqabaat (neck) raqem — رَقَم 'arqaam (number, digit) raSeef — رَصِيف 'arSife (pavement, sidewalk) risaale — رِسالِة rasaa'el (letter, message) riwaaye — رِوايِة riwaayaat (story, novel) rukhSa — رُخْصَة rukhaS (license, permit) saa3a — سَاعَة saa3aat (hour, clock) Saa7eb — صَاحِب 'aS7aab / S7aab (friend, owner) saaq — سَاق siqaan / sooq (to drive) sabab — سَبَب 'asbaab (reason) Sabi — صَبِي Sibyaan / Sebyaan (boy, male child) sabt — سَبْت sboot (Saturday) Saff — صَفّ Sfoof / Sufoof (classroom) sahel — سَهْل suhool (easy, simple) sakraan — سَكْرَان sakraaneen (drunk, intoxicated) salaam — سَلَام salaamaat (peace) salle — سَلِّة slaal (basket) sandooq — صَنْدُوق sanaadeeq (box, cash register) sane — سَنِة sneen / sanawaat (year) Saree7 — صَرِيح Saree7een (frank, sincere) sayyaara — سَيَّارَة sayyaaraat (car, automobile) sha3b — شَعْب shu3oob ((a) people) shaamel — شَامِل shaamleen (comprehensive, complete) shaare3 — شَارِع shawaare3 (street, road) shaaTer — شَاطِر shaaTreen (clever, smart) shajara — شَجَرَة shajar (tree) shakhS — شَخْص 'ashkhaaS / shkhaaS (person, individual) shaqfe — شَقْفِة shuqaf (slice, piece) shaqqa — شَقَّة shaqqaat / shuqaq (apartment, flat) sharshaf — شَرْشَف sharaashef (sheet, tablecloth) shay' — شَيء 'ashyaa' (thing) shirke — شِرْكِة sharikaat (firm, company) shubbaak — شُبَّاك shabaabeek (window) si3er — سِعِر 'as3aar (price) sinn — سِنّ snaan / 'asnaan (tooth) sooq — سُوق 'aswaaq (market) Soora — صُورَة Suwar (photo, picture) Sowt — صَوْت 'aSwaat (voice, sound) su'aal — سُؤَال 'as'ile / su'aalaat (question) Su3oobe — صُعُوبِة Su3oobaat (difficulty) ta3aal — تَعَال ta3aalu (come!) ta3baan — تَعْبَان ta3baaneen (tired, tired out) taajer — تَاجِر tujjaar (trader, dealer) taani — تَانِي taanyeen (other, another) Taawle — طَاوْلِة Taawlaat (table) Tabeeb — طَبِيب 'aTibbaa' (doctor, physician) tafSeel — تَفْصِيل tafaaSeel (detail) takleef — تَكْلِيف takaaleef (manners, etiquette) Talab — طَلَب Talabaat (to ask for, to request) tallaaje — تَلَّاجِة tallaajaat (fridge) Taraf — طَرَف 'aTraaf (end (extremity), side (in a dispute)) Tareeq — طَرِيق Turoq (way, path) Taweel — طَوِيل Twaal (long, tall) Tayyeb — طَيِّب Tayybeen (ok, fine) Tifel — طِفِل 'aTfaal (baby, child) tilmeez — تِلْمِيز talaameez (pupil) Towshe — طَوْشِة Towshaat (fight, brawl) trakk — تْرَكّ trakkaat (lorry, truck) treen — تْرِين treenaat (train) waad — وَاد widyaan (valley, gully) waaqe3 — وَاقِع waaq3een / waqaa'e3 (fact, reality) waja3 — وَجَع 'awjaa3 (pain) waqt — وَقْت 'awqaat (time) waSel — وَصِل wuSoole / wuSoolaat (receipt) yoonaani — يُونَانِي yoonaan (Greek) yowm — يَوْم 'ayyaam / 'iyyaam (day) zaa'er — زَائِر zuwwaar (visitor) zalame — زَلَمِة zlaam (man, guy) zamaan — زَمَان zamaanaat (a long time, long ago) zeet — زِيت zyoot (oil) zgheer — زْغِير zghaar (small, young) zowba3a — زَوْبَعَة zawaabe3 (storm) zowq — زَوْق 'azwaaq (taste, good taste)