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ا

آمِن · safe / secure

أَلْف · one thousand

تَأثِير · influence / effect / impact

أُمّ · mother

أَنْف · nose

يَأْتِي · he comes

أَخ · brother

أَرْض · earth / land / ground

آسِفٌ · sorry

مَأْسَاة · tragedy

تَأْشيرة · visa

يَأْكُلُ · he eats

مُؤْتَمَر · conference

أَمَل · hope

الْأَوَّل · first

أَب · father

إِثْمٌ · sin / guilt / wrongdoing

أَجْرٌ · reward / recompense / wage

أَجَلٌ · appointed term / deadline / lifespan

أَخَذَ · to take

آخِرَةٌ · hereafter / afterlife

أَدّى · to lead to / to perform (Form II)

أُذُن · ear

أَسَد · lion

أُسْرَةٌ · family

مُؤَسَّسَة · institution / organization

أَلَم · pain

اللَّهُ · Allah / God

نَاس · people

أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا · welcome / hello

آيَةٌ · sign / verse / miracle

ب

بَيْنَ · between

بَحْر · sea

اِنْبِعَاثَات · emissions

بَحَثَ · to search / to research

بَدَأَ · to begin / to start

اِسْتَبْدَلَ · to exchange / to return

بَارِدٌ · cold

بَرَكَةٌ · blessing / divine grace

مُباشَرةً · straight ahead / directly

بَصِيرٌ · all-seeing

بَعْد · after

بَقِيَ · to stay / to remain

اِبْن · son

بَيْضَة · egg

بَأْسٌ · might / severity / hardship

بَثّ · broadcast / streaming

لَا بُدَّ مِنْ · it is necessary / there must be

مُبَادَرَة · initiative

أَبْدَعَ · to create / to innovate artistically

يَبْدُو أَنَّ · it seems that

بَرَاءة · innocence / acquittal

بِرٌّ · righteousness / piety / goodness

بَرْزَخٌ · barrier / isthmus / intermediate realm

بَرْق · lightning

بُرْهَانٌ · clear proof / evidence / definitive argument

مُباراة · match / game (sports)

بَسيط · simple

اِبْتَسَمَ · to smile

بَصَل · onion

بَضائِع · goods / merchandise

بَطيء · slow

بَطِّيخ · watermelon

بِطاقة اِئْتِمان · credit card

بَاطِلٌ · falsehood / vain / null

بَاطِنٌ · hidden / inward / esoteric

اِبْتِكَار · innovation

بَكَى · to cry / to weep

بَلَدٌ · country / town

بَلَاغَة · rhetoric / eloquence

ابْتَلَى · he tested / he put to trial

بِنْتٌ · girl / daughter

بُنِّيّ · brown

بِيئَة · environment

بَيْتٌ · house / home

بَاعَ · to sell

ت

مَتْجَر · store / shop

تِسْعَة · nine

مُتعَب · tired

وَبِالتَّالِي · consequently / and therefore

تَوْبَةٌ · repentance

مُتَابِع · follower

تَحْتَ · under / below

مَتْحَف · museum

تُرَاب · soil / dirt

تَرْجَمَة · translation

تَرَكَ · to leave / to abandon

تُفَّاحَة · apple

تِقْنِيَّة · technology / technique

تَمْر · dates

تَوْأَم · twin

ث

ثَلَاثَة · three

ثَمَانِيَة · eight

اِثْنَان · two

ثَلَّاجَة · refrigerator

ثِياب · clothes / garments

أَثْبَتَ · to prove / to demonstrate

ثَقَافَة · culture

ثَقيل · heavy

اِسْتِثْمَار · investment

ثُوم · garlic

ج

الْجُمُعَة · Friday

جَدِيدٌ · new

جَيِّدٌ · good

جَبَل · mountain

جَرَّبَ · to try on

جُرْح · wound / injury

جَريدة · newspaper

جَرَى · to run

جُمَادَى الْأُولَى · Jumada al-Ula (5th month)

جَمِيلٌ · beautiful / handsome

جَنَّةٌ · paradise / garden

أَجَابَ · to answer / to reply

جُبْنَة · cheese

جَرِيمَة · crime

جُزَيْء · molecule

جَزَر · carrot

جَزَاءٌ · recompense / requital / reward or punishment

جِسْر · bridge

جَعَلَ · he made / he placed / he rendered

جِلْد · leather / skin

جَلَسَ · to sit / to sit down

مَجَلّة · magazine

جُمْرُك · customs

بِجانِب · next to / beside

جِهَادٌ · struggle / striving (in God's cause)

مِجْهَر · microscope

جاهِز · ready / prepared

جَهْل · ignorance

جَار · neighbor

جَوْرَب · sock

جَواز سَفَر · passport

جَائِع · hungry

جَاءَ · to come

ح

حِكْمَة · wisdom

حَارٌّ · hot

كَيْفَ حَالُكَ · how are you (to a male)

يُحِبُّ · he loves / he likes

حِسَاب · bill / check

حَلّ · solution

حَيَاة · life

ذُو الْحِجَّة · Dhul Hijjah (12th month)

مُحَرَّم · Muharram (1st month)

حَزِنَ · to be sad / to grieve

إِحْسَانٌ · excellence / doing beautiful deeds

أَحْضَرَ · to bring

حَقِيقَة · truth / reality / fact

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ · praise be to God / thank God

مُحامٍ · lawyer

تَحَدَّثَ · to speak / to talk (Form V)

حَدّ · border / limit

حَرْب · war

حافِلة · bus

حَقيبة · bag / suitcase

حُلْو · sweet

حَمَلَ · to carry / to bear

اِسْتَحَمَّ · to take a bath / to shower

اِحْتَالَ · to commit fraud / to swindle

حَبْكَة · plot (of a story)

حَبْلٌ · rope / cord / bond

حَجَزَ · to book / to reserve

حَديقة · garden / park

حِذاء · shoes

حِزْب · political party

حِزام · belt

حَسَدٌ · envy / jealousy

حَساسِيّة · allergy

حَشْرٌ · gathering / assembly (on Day of Judgment)

حِصَان · horse

إِحْصَاء · statistics / census

مَحَطّة · station

حَقْل · field

حُقْنة · injection / shot

اِحْتِكَار · monopoly

حَلِيب · milk

تَحَالُف · alliance / coalition

حَلْق · throat

أَحمَر · red

حَامِض · sour

حَنِين · nostalgia / longing

اِحْتَاجَ · to need

مُحِيط · ocean

مُحْتَوَى · content

حَيْثُ إِنَّ · since / whereas

حِيَادِيّ · neutral / impartial

اِنْحِيَاز · bias / partiality

خ

أَخْبَرَ · to inform / to tell

مُختَلِف · different

خَمْسَة · five

بِخَيْرٍ · fine / well

خُصُوصِيَّة · privacy

أَخْلَاق · ethics / morals

خَتَمَ · he sealed / he concluded

خَشِيَ · he feared (God) / he was in awe

خُضَار · vegetables

مُنخَفِض · low

اِنْتِخَابَات · elections

خَافَ · to fear / to be afraid

خَال · uncle (maternal)

خَبِيث · malignant

خُبْز · bread

تَخْدِير · anesthesia

اِسْتَخْدَمَ · to use / to employ

خَرَجَ · to go out / to exit

خَريطة · map

اِخْتِرَاع · invention

خَرِيف · autumn / fall

تَخْزِين · storage

خَسارة · loss / defeat

خَسّ · lettuce

خُشُوعٌ · humility / reverence / awe (in worship)

بِاخْتِصَار · in short / briefly

خَطَأ · wrong / incorrect

خَطيب · fiance

خَطير · dangerous / serious

خُطّة · plan

خَفيف · light (weight)

خَلَدَ · he remained forever / he was immortal

إِخْلَاصٌ · sincerity / purity of devotion

خَلِيلٌ · intimate friend / close companion

خَلِيَّة · cell (biological)

خَيَال · imagination / fantasy

تَخْييم · camping

د

مَدْرَسَةٌ · school

إِدَانَة · conviction / condemnation

دِعَايَة · propaganda / publicity

مُدير · manager / director

دَوام · work hours / shift

دِيوَان · poetry collection / anthology

تَدَبُّرٌ · reflection / contemplation / pondering

دَجَاج · chicken

دَخَلَ · to enter

تَدْريب · training

دَرّاجة · bicycle

دافِئ · warm

دَفَعَ · to pay / to push

دَقِيقَة · minute

دُكّان · small shop

دَم · blood

دُنْيَا · worldly life / this world

دَواء · medicine / medication

ذ

ذَكَرَ · to remember / to mention

ذَرَّة · atom

يَذْهَبُ · he goes

ذَكِيّ · smart / intelligent

ذَنْبٌ · sin / fault / offense

إِذَاعَة · radio / broadcasting

ر

أَرْبَعَة · four

رَحْمَةٌ · mercy / compassion

أَرْسَلَ · to send

اِسْتِراحة · break / rest

يَرَى · he sees

رَتَّبَ · to arrange / to organize

رَجَعَ · to return / to go back

رَئيس · boss / president

رَجُلٌ · man

رَخيص · cheap / inexpensive

رَدَّ · to reply / to return (something)

رَزَقَ · he provided / he sustained

رَسْم · drawing / painting

رَقَبة · neck

رَقْمِيّ · digital

رَكِبَ · to ride / to board

يُرِيدُ · he wants

رَبٌّ · Lord / Sustainer

رِبْح · profit / gain

رِبَا · usury / interest

رَجَب · Rajab (7th month)

مِنَ المُرَجَّحِ أَنْ · it is likely that

رِجْسٌ · impurity / abomination / filth

رَجَا · he hoped / he expected

مَرْحَبًا · hello / welcome

رِحْلة · trip / journey

أَرُزّ · rice

مُرَشَّح · candidate

رَصيف · sidewalk / platform

رَضيع · infant / baby

رِضْوَانٌ · divine pleasure / good pleasure / acceptance

رَطب · wet / moist

رَعْد · thunder

عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ · despite / in spite of

رَفَضَ · to refuse / to reject

رَقَصَ · to dance

تَرْقِية · promotion

رُكُود · recession / stagnation

تَرَكَّزَ · to be concentrated / to focus (Form V)

رُكُوعٌ · bowing (in prayer)

رَمْزِيَّة · symbolism

رَمَضَان · Ramadan (9th month)

أَرمَل · widower

رَهْن · mortgage / collateral

رِياضة · sport / exercise

رِواية · novel

ز

زَوْج · husband

زَارَ · to visit

زَخْرَفَة · ornamentation / decoration

زَكَاةٌ · charity / alms / purification tax

زَميل · colleague (male)

زَيْت · oil

زُبْدَة · butter

أَزرَق · blue

زِفَاف · wedding

زُكام · cold (illness)

زِلْزَال · earthquake

مُزْمِن · chronic

زَهْرَة · flower

س

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ · peace be upon you (formal greeting)

سَافَرَ · to travel

سَأَلَ · to ask

سِباحة · swimming

سَبْعَة · seven

مَسْجِد · mosque

سِكِّين · knife

يَسْمَعُ · he hears / he listens

اِسْمٌ · name

سُوق · market / bazaar

سَعِيدٌ · happy

سَيّارة أُجْرة · taxi

سِتَّة · six

اِنْسَحَبَ · to withdraw / to retreat (Form VII)

مَسْرَح · theater

سَريع · fast / quick

سُكَّر · sugar

لَوْ سَمَحْتَ · if you permit / excuse me (to a male)

سَمَك · fish

سِنّ · tooth

إِسْهَام · contribution

سَيِّئ · bad

أَسوَد · black

سِياحة · tourism

السَّبْت · Saturday

سَبِيلٌ · way / path

سَخَّرَ · he subjected / he made subservient

سَاخِن · hot / warm

السَّادِس · sixth

تَسْرِيب · leak (of information)

سِرَاجٌ · lamp / torch / illuminating light

سَرْد · narration / narrative

سِرْوال · pants / trousers

سِعْر · price

إسْعاف · ambulance / first aid

سُعال · cough

سَعْيٌ · Sa'i (walking between Safa and Marwa)

سَفينة · ship

مُسَلْسَل · TV series

سَلَطَة · salad

مَسْلُوق · boiled

سَمين · fat / overweight

سَنَة · year

سَهْلٌ · easy

سُورَةٌ · chapter (of the Quran)

سِيَاسَة · politics / policy

سَاعَة · hour / clock

مَسافة · distance

ساوَمَ · to bargain / to haggle

ش

شَارِعٌ · street

شَرِكة · company

شَاهَدَ · to watch / to witness

شَخْص · person

شَعَرَ · to feel

شُكْرًا · thank you

شُجاع · brave / courageous

يَشْرَبُ · he drinks

مُسْتَشْفى · hospital

مُشْكِلة · problem

شَهْر · month

إشارة مُرور · traffic light

إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ · God willing / hopefully

شَابّ · young man / youth

شَبَكَة · network

شِتَاء · winter

شَجَرَة · tree

شُرْطيّ · police officer

اِشْتَرَى · to buy / to purchase

شاطِئ · beach

شَيْطَانٌ · Satan / devil

شَعْبَان · Shaban (8th month)

أَشِعّة · X-ray / rays

شَغَف · passion / deep interest

مَشغول · busy / occupied

شَفَاعَةٌ · intercession

شَفَافِيَّة · transparency

شَفَقٌ · twilight / afterglow

مِمَّا لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ · undoubtedly / there is no doubt that

شَمْسٌ · sun

شَوْكَة · fork

شَوَّال · Shawwal (10th month)

مَشْوِيّ · grilled / roasted

ص

صَدِيقٌ · friend

صَبَاحُ الْخَيْرِ · good morning

صَبور · patient

صَحَفيّ · journalist

أَصْلَحَ · to fix / to repair

صَدْر · chest

صِفْر · zero

تَصْوير · photography

صَحيح · correct / true

صَحْرَاء · desert

صَلَّى · to pray

إصْبَع · finger / toe

صَحْن · plate / dish

صاخِب · noisy / loud

صَخْرَة · rock

صُداع · headache

صَرَّحَ · to declare / to state officially

صِرَاطٌ · path / way

مَصْرِف · bank (financial)

صَعْبٌ · difficult / hard

مِصْعَد · elevator / lift

صَغِيرٌ · small / little / young

تَصَلُّب · sclerosis / hardening

صَمَدٌ · The Eternal Refuge / The Self-Sufficient / The Absolute

صَنَعَ · to make / to manufacture

مُصِيبَةٌ · calamity / affliction / trial

تَصْوِيت · voting / ballot

صِيَاغَة · drafting / formulation (legal)

صَوْمٌ · fasting

صَيْد · fishing / hunting

صَيْدَلِيّة · pharmacy

صَارَ · to become

صَيْف · summer

ض

ضَعيف · weak

ضَرِيبَة · tax

ضَبَاب · fog / mist

ضَحِكَ · to laugh

ضُحَى · morning light / forenoon

تَضَخُّم · inflation

ضَروريّ · necessary / essential

ضَغْط · pressure (blood pressure)

ضَلَّ · he went astray / he was misguided

تَضَمَّنَ · to include / to contain (Form V)

مُضيء · bright / luminous

بِالإِضَافَةِ إِلَى · in addition to

ضَيِّق · narrow / tight

ط

طَبَخَ · to cook

طَعَامٌ · food

طَالِبٌ · student (male)

طَوِيلٌ · long / tall

مَطَار · airport

طَبيب · doctor / physician

طابِعة · printer

طابِق · floor / story

أَطفَال · children

مُطَلَّق · divorced (male)

تَطَوُّر · development / evolution

اِسْتَطَاعَ · to be able to / can

طَوارِئ · emergency

أُطْرُوحَة · thesis / dissertation

طَرَدَ · to fire / to dismiss

مُتَطَرِّف · extremist / radical

طَريق · road / way

طَاغُوتٌ · false deity / tyrannical authority / transgressor

طَفْرَة · mutation / leap

طَوَافٌ · Tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah)

طَيِّب · kind / good-natured

ظ

ظُهْر · noon / midday

مُظلِم · dark

ظِلٌّ · shade / shadow

ظَنَّ · to think / to suppose

ع

عَشَرَة · ten

مُعَلِّمٌ · teacher (male)

عَمِلَ · to work / to do

عَدَالَة · justice / fairness

عَرْض · presentation / offer

يَعْرِفُ · he knows

اِعْتَقَدَ · to believe / to think

اِسْتَعَدَّ · to prepare / to get ready (Form X)

عَدْوَى · infection / contagion

عَفْوًا · you're welcome / excuse me

عُقُوبَات · sanctions / penalties

عَقْل · mind / reason / intellect

عَلاقَة · relationship / connection

عَادَ · to return / to come back

عَبْدٌ · servant / slave (of God)

اِعْتَبَرَ · to consider / to regard (Form VIII)

عَصِير · juice

عَظْم · bone

أَعْلَنَ · to announce / to declare (Form IV)

عالٍ · high / tall

عُمْر · age / life span

عَمّ · uncle (paternal)

مُعَاهَدَة · treaty / pact

عَبْقَرِيَّة · genius / brilliance

عَجْز · deficit / inability

عَدْنٌ · Eden / eternal dwelling (in Paradise)

عَذَابٌ · punishment / torment

عُرْس · wedding / wedding celebration

عَرْشٌ · throne

عُرْوَةٌ · handhold / firm grip / bond

أَعزَب · single / unmarried

الْعَزِيزُ · The Almighty / The Exalted in Might (divine name)

عَزَفَ · to play (an instrument)

عَزَلَ · to isolate / to quarantine

إِعْسَار · insolvency

عَسَل · honey

عَشَاء · dinner

عَاصِفَة · storm

عِصْمَةٌ · protection / infallibility / divine safeguarding

عَصَى · he disobeyed / he rebelled

عَطْشَان · thirsty

مِعْطَف · coat / overcoat

عُطْلة · vacation / holiday

أَعْطَى · to give

عِلَاج · treatment / therapy

اِعْتَمَدَ · to depend on / to rely on (Form VIII)

عِنَب · grapes

عُنْوان · address

بِمَعْنَى آخَر · in other words

اِسْتِعَارَة · metaphor

تَعْوِيض · compensation / indemnity

تَعَاوَنَ · to cooperate (Form VI)

مِعْيَار · standard / criterion

عَاشَ · to live / to be alive

عائِلَة · family

عَيْن · eye

غ

غَفُورٌ · forgiving / oft-forgiving

غَنِيّ · rich / wealthy

غَضِبَ · to be angry

غادَرَ · to leave / depart

غَدًا · tomorrow

غُرْفة · room

أَغْلَقَ · to close / to shut

غالٍ · expensive / dear

غَابَة · forest

غَيَّرَ · to change / to alter

غَريب · strange / foreign

غَسَلَ · to wash

تَغْطِيَة · coverage (media)

غَفْلَةٌ · heedlessness / negligence / unawareness

أَغْلَبِيَّة · majority

ف

فَتَحَ · to open

مِنْ فَضْلِكَ · please (to a male)

يَفْعَلُ · he does / he makes

فِتْنَةٌ · trial / tribulation / temptation

فَرِحَ · to be happy / to rejoice

فَرَضِيَّة · hypothesis

فَريق · team

فَشَلَ · to fail

فُطُور · breakfast

فَكَّرَ · to think / to reflect

فَلّاح · farmer

فَهِمَ · to understand

فَوْز · victory / win

تَفَاوَضَ · to negotiate (Form VI)

مُفيد · useful / beneficial

اِسْتِفْتَاء · referendum

فَتَاة · girl / young woman

فَجْرٌ · dawn / daybreak

فَاحِشَةٌ · indecency / immorality / grave sin

فَحْص · examination / check-up

فَرْدِيّ · odd (number)

فارِغ · empty / free

فُرْن · oven / bakery

فَسَادٌ · corruption / mischief / decay

تَفْسِيرٌ · interpretation / exegesis / explanation

فَقَدَ · to lose

فَقير · poor

فِقْهٌ · understanding / jurisprudence / deep comprehension

فَاكِهَة · fruit

إِفْلَاس · bankruptcy

فُلْفُل · pepper

فَلَقٌ · daybreak / dawn / splitting

فِنْجَان · cup (for coffee/tea)

فُنْدُق · hotel

فَنّ · art

فَوْقَ · above / over

فَم · mouth

فَيَضَان · flood

فِيل · elephant

ق

قَائِمَة الطَّعَام · menu

قَبْل · before

يَقْرَأُ · he reads

تَقْرير · report

قَدِيرٌ · all-powerful / omnipotent

قَدِيمٌ · old / ancient

اِقْتِصاد · economy / economics

قَلْب · heart

قَاضٍ · judge

قَطَعَ · to cut / to cross

ذُو الْقَعْدَة · Dhul Qa'dah (11th month)

قَلِيلٌ · few / little

قَهْوَة · coffee

قَالَ · to say / to tell

قَوِيّ · strong / powerful

اِسْتَقالَ · to resign

قَبيح · ugly

اِقْتَبَسَ · to quote / to borrow (literary)

قُبَّعة · hat / cap

قَريب · relative / close

قَرْض · loan

قَرْية · village

قِسْم · department / section

قَصِيرٌ · short

قِصّة · story

قِطار · train

قِطّ · cat

قُطْن · cotton

قَافِيَة · rhyme

قَلَق · anxiety

قَلَم · pen / pencil

مَقْلِيّ · fried

قَمَرٌ · moon

قُماش · fabric / cloth

قَميص · shirt

قَنَاة · channel

قَادَ · to drive / to lead

قَوْسُ قُزَح · rainbow

مَقاس · size (clothing)

ك

يَكْتُبُ · he writes

كَبِيرٌ · big / large / old (in age)

كَريم · generous / noble

يَتَكَلَّمُ · he speaks / he talks

كُرة قَدَم · football / soccer

كَثِيرٌ · many / much / a lot

كَذِب · lie / falsehood

كَفَرَ · he disbelieved / he denied

اِكْتِئَاب · depression (psychological)

كَأْس · glass (drinking glass)

كَبِد · liver

كَتِف · shoulder

كَسْر · fracture / break

كَسول · lazy

اِكْتَشَفَ · to discover (Form VIII)

كافٍ · enough / sufficient

كَلْب · dog

كُلٌّ · all / every / each

أَكْمَلَ · to complete / to finish

كِنَايَة · metonymy / allusion

كُوب · glass / cup

كَانَ · to be / was

كِيس · bag / plastic bag

ل

لَعِبَ · to play

لَبِسَ · to wear / to put on

لَحْم · meat

لَطيف · nice / gentle / kind

اِسْتَلْهَمَ · to draw inspiration from

لَبَن · yogurt / buttermilk

لَحْن · melody / tune

مُلَخَّص · summary / abstract

لَذِيذ · delicious

اِلْتَزَمَ · to commit to / to adhere to (Form VIII)

لِسان · tongue

مِلْعَقَة · spoon

مِلَفّ · file / folder

لِقَاح · vaccine

لَكِنَّ · but / however (emphatic)

تَلَوُّث · pollution

لَوْحة · painting / artwork

لَيْلٌ · night

م

مِئَتَانِ · two hundred

مَلَكٌ · angel

مُرّ · bitter

مَريض · sick / ill

مُمكِن · possible

مَاتَ · to die

مُمتِع · enjoyable / fun

مُماثِل · similar

مَسَاءُ الْخَيْرِ · good evening

مَشَى · to walk

مَطَر · rain

مِلْح · salt

مَال · money / wealth

مِئَة · one hundred

مَجّانيّ · free (of charge)

مَدِينَةٌ · city

اِمْرَأَةٌ · woman

مَرِح · cheerful / merry

مَعِدة · stomach

مَملوء · full / filled

مُمِلّ · boring / tedious

مِنْحَة · scholarship / grant

مَنَاعَة · immunity

تَمَنَّى · to wish / to hope

مِهْنة · profession / occupation

مَوْز · banana

مَاءٌ · water

مَيْدان · square / plaza

مُمتاز · excellent / outstanding

ن

نَظَرَ · to look / to gaze

أَنْتَجَ · to produce (Form IV)

نَزَلَ · to get off / to descend

اِنْتَشَرَ · to spread / to become widespread (Form VII)

تَنَفُّس · breathing / respiration

نَبِيٌّ · prophet

نَجاح · success

نَجْمَة · star

نَحْت · sculpture / sculpting

مَنْدِيل · napkin

مُناسِب · suitable / appropriate

مَنْصَّة · platform

نَظَّفَ · to clean

أَنْعَمَ · he bestowed favor / he blessed

أَنْفَقَ · he spent (in charity) / he gave

نُقود · cash / money

نَقَلَ · to transfer / to move

مَنْهَجِيَّة · methodology

نَهْر · river

نَارٌ · fire / hellfire

يَنَامُ · he sleeps

نَبَات · plant

مِنْبَرٌ · pulpit

نَثْر · prose

نَجَّى · he saved / he rescued

نَحيف · thin / slim

مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى · on the other hand

نَدَّدَ · to condemn / to denounce

نَذِيرٌ · warner / one who warns

نِزَاع · conflict / dispute

نَزْهة · outing / picnic

اِسْتَنْسَخَ · to clone / to replicate

نَسِيَ · to forget

نَشيط · active / energetic

نَصَرَ · he helped / he gave victory

نِصْف · half

نَظَّمَ · to organize / to regulate (Form II)

مُنَاقَشَة · discussion / debate

نِكَاحٌ · marriage / marriage contract

مُنْكَرٌ · evil deed / what is rejected as wrong

تَنْمِيَة · development (socioeconomic)

نَهْضَة · renaissance / revival

اِنْتَهَى · to finish / to end

مُنَاخ · climate

تَنَوُّع بِيُولُوجِيّ · biodiversity

نِيَّةٌ · intention / purpose

ه

هَدِيّة · gift / present

اِهْتَمَّ · to be interested / to care about

مُسْتَهْلِك · consumer

هاتِف · phone / telephone

هِجْرَةٌ · migration / emigration (for God's sake)

هادِئ · quiet / calm

هَدَف · goal / objective

هُدْنَة · truce / ceasefire

تَهْرِيب · smuggling

مُهَنْدِس · engineer

هِواية · hobby

و

وَصَلَ · to arrive / to reach

وَاقِع · reality / actual situation

وَلَدٌ · boy / child

وَاحِد · one

وَثيقة · document

اِتِّجاه · direction

وِرَاثَة · genetics / heredity

مُوَازَنَة · budget / balance

وَضَعَ · to put / to place

مُوَظَّف · employee

وَافَقَ · to agree

وَقَفَ · to stand / to stop

يَجِدُ · he finds

وَحْيٌ · revelation / divine inspiration

تَوْصِيَة · recommendation

وَعَدَ · to promise

تَقْوَى · God-consciousness / piety / mindfulness of God

وَبَاء · epidemic / pandemic

وَجْبَة · meal

الْوَدُودُ · The Most Loving (divine name)

وَادٍ · valley

اِسْتَوْرَدَ · to import (Form X)

وَرَقة · paper / sheet

وَرَم · tumor

وَراء · behind / back

وَسِخ · dirty

مُتَوَسِّط · medium

واسِع · wide / spacious

وَسْوَسَةٌ · whispering / evil suggestion

وَصْفة طِبِّيّة · prescription

واضِح · clear / obvious

وَعْي · awareness / consciousness

وَقْت فَراغ · free time / leisure

وَقَارٌ · dignity / reverence / gravitas

تَوَكَّلَ · he relied (on God) / he placed trust

وَلِيٌّ · protector / guardian / ally / saint

مِيناء · port / harbor

مُتَّهَم · defendant / accused

ي

يَوْمٌ · day

يَتِيمٌ · orphan

يَسار · left (direction)

اِسْتَيْقَظَ · to wake up

يَقِينٌ · certainty / absolute conviction

يَمين · right (direction)

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