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English-Arabic Glossary

Words NOT needed for Alif Baa test, BUT IMPORTANT to know for
start of Al-Kitaab 1

Words NOT needed for Alif Baa test, mainly country names
and other expressions

Colloquial conversational words; NOT needed for the test and

will NOT be used in Al-Kitaab 1
address

airplane

Algeria
and ,J

angry 4-.:a)lc:' / w)lc:,

Arab, Arabic ~~/~~
, ,
astonishing, strange d".,.c/.
•• wo •• ••
·,
••••••
t

at, in [location in space and time]

automobile, car

beautiful, pretty
belonging to, for

big,large

book
bookstore, library

boy
0'
bread

pita bread ~~~

~
.,
brother ti
building ~L:u
bus

but
( C )
car, automobile
chair

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 chicken

city
class, classroom
clock, watch ~L.......

close, nearby ~~/~~

coffee
Arabic coffee

American coffee
cold (adjective: feeling cold)

(D )
darling, dear (to a female) '-:!
'

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, , ,0,

darling, dear (to a male)

~
. -- daughter, girl •
~

desk, office ~
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difficult, hard ~/~
. .
distant, far ~~/~
o , 0 ,

doctor (M.D., Ph.D.) ~J~J/ J~J

door ~4
drill ~..;--tU~ ·
( E )
easy ~/~
Egypt ~ ~
evening
I't......:o

examination, test '~I

I.J · .

excuse me (reply: I..j (.-:-

,oA,
/~) ~jl~
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exercise, drill

exhausted

far, distant ~~/~

.fine,good d",~~/~~
five

for, belonging to ...J

four
friend

friends

from

( G )
get well soon!
o
girl, daughter ~
-
go: I go to

God
expression used when praising someone ! ill I :w. le
God willing ill I : w. 01
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in the name of God illl~

, "" 0 011

may God have mercy on him cI...A.::..~ ill I

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there is no god but God ill I ~I~ eLll
~
';/

good,fine ~ .c / ' .: .«
~J-i"......---;;J-i" ~ i.~ ~ • / ~~ •

good-hearted (for people) / good, tasty (for food) d .'~,-b / '. ,~,-b

good evening (reply) ..)~I •.L....:o- ~I •.L....:o

good morning (reply) ..)~ I C~ - ~ I C~

good bye . (reply) ,.1 J ~".!ill I - L~ I~

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 ( H )
happy
o ., 0 ••

hard, difficult ~/~

have: I have
, ,
he ~
9 0 t ~ 0...... ? 0 t.
hello, hi (reply) d;t~, - (~,",)~I
,
lIi , , 0... "" , 0.... , oii

(reply) i)W1 ~'"' - ~i)W1

0 ..• 0 •• ?0'e

(reply) wo! ;:"',,)-0 / ~I

homework "':-'71 '"'

hot (feeling hot) 4..,j1~ / wl~
o ,
house, home

how?
how are you? Cl JbJl ; 9~</ Cl ~~I
,

hungry 4..,jLc~ / wLc~

( I )
I

I have
in

Iran
Iraq
Israel

( J )
Jordan

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 (K )
kind (person) d/ .••
'b / ,.,~'b
• o.
know: I know wjoC.l
o ~
I don't know wjoC.l 'i
0, ,

Kuwait ~fiJl

( L )
large, big ;;~/~

Lebanon 'lLJ
(.)
..,
o ,
lesson (.)-".,).l

library, bookstore ~ .
Libya L.u...J

(M ) ., ,
man ~.,)

Mauritania Wl.:u
" ".,),J-C

milk ~
Miss ~j
~,
Mr. ~

Mrs. rl~ / ;; ,:.-,,,

,
money (feminine) (.)-".,u
morning tt;.c.
good morning (reply) .,)~I tt;.c. - ~I t~
Morocco ,-:-",.>ill

( N )
•
name
r"'!
nearby, close ~.;A/ ~)A

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neighbor
never mind, that's OK ((.)7. .:,:'0) (.)7'6/·'0

new ~~~/~~
news .)~j

nice (of people)

o
nine ~

no
, 0 ,

notebook ~J
,,
number ~.)

zero (.)~
one (') ~I-,
two (~)w~!
three (f) 4.:i~

four (i) ~~,

five (o)~
six (') d\."
seven (V)~
eight (A)~W
nine (\)~
ten ('.) :;~

(0)
office, desk

OK, fine

Oman
on (top of)

one

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page
Palestine
paper (leaf of)
pen, pencil
please (to a female)
. -.
,.11,.;;, ~
--. - -
please (to a male) ,·1I,';9~
-
please (come in / go ahead / sit down)

pretty, beautiful ~/~

professor ~jG.....,l / jG.....,1

professors ~.:wL...j

Qatar
,
question Jlj-..u

I have a question
,
Jlj-..u L>~
.
~ -
The Quran

room y>,
.,
( S )
sad, upset ~~~ / 0~~
Saudi Arabia ~_~~ I

~~~ ~

how do we say? 'l J~ ; ;,~<

she
-~
short ~~/ ~
sick ~;o / ~;O
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 o ,
sister ~I

small ~~/~
spacious, wide ~I,",/ ~I,",
story
,
strange, odd .............
't'o,c,~~ ~

street t,">L!.

student ~l.b/~l.b

Sudan ulJ~1

sugar )L.
Syria
4,">""'""

( T )
table
tall t1.:~/~~
tasty, good (food) d.'~'b / &
tea ,!L!.

teacher ~jti..J / jLi.J

telephone u~
test / examination uw.:o,'
, ,
t$ 0 ,. ~ 0 ""

thank you (reply ,~) I~

thank God
thirsty
this (feminine)

this (masculine) Il.~ .

tired

to (motion toward)
Tunisia

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 (u )
United Arab Emirates ..::.;1.)1.o~1

upset t.:a~ ~ / u)lc. ~

(w)
watch, clock

water
,
weird, strange J •• ' ''?'c ~...J-C
••••

~O, .•• :::0t: :::o,,:::o~

welcome (reply) ~~,J~' -~,J~'

wide / spacious ~I,J / t;'""1,J

~,
window ~L.....t

with [people]

with [things; instrumental]

woman
word

Yemen

yes
you (feminine) ~,. ~

you (masculine) ~,.

, ~

you (feminine, polite)

you (masculine, polite)

young people, "guys'

( Z )
•
zero ~ ,

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