Arabic Vocabulary

Arabic Vocabulary

Themed word sets for building fluency

Daily Life

مَاء

māʾ

water

طَعَام

ṭaʿām

food

بَيْت

bayt

house

كِتَاب

kitāb

book

سَيَّارَة

sayyārah

car

نَوْم

nawm

sleep

عَمَل

ʿamal

work

Worship

صَلَاة

ṣalāh

prayer

صَوْم

ṣawm

fasting

زَكَاة

zakāh

charity

مَسْجِد

masjid

mosque

قُرْآن

qurʾān

the Quran

تَوْبَة

tawbah

repentance

دُعَاء

duʿāʾ

supplication

Family

أَب

ab

father

أُمّ

umm

mother

أَخ

akh

brother

أُخْت

ukht

sister

وَلَد

walad

child

جَدّ

jadd

grandfather

جَدَّة

jaddah

grandmother

Nature

شَمْس

shams

sun

قَمَر

qamar

moon

سَمَاء

samāʾ

sky

أَرْض

arḍ

earth

جَبَل

jabal

mountain

بَحْر

baḥr

sea

نَجْم

najm

star

Colors

أَحْمَر

aḥmar

red

أَزْرَق

azraq

blue

أَخْضَر

akhḍar

green

أَصْفَر

aṣfar

yellow

أَبْيَض

abyaḍ

white

أَسْوَد

aswad

black

The Hereafter

جَنَّة

jannah

Paradise

نَار

nār

the Fire

مَلَك

malak

angel

يَوْم الْقِيَامَة

yawm al-qiyāmah

Day of Judgement

حِسَاب

ḥisāb

accounting

ثَوَاب

thawāb

reward

Greetings & Phrases

سَلَام

salām

peace

شُكْر

shukr

gratitude

حَمْد

ḥamd

praise

رَحْمَة

raḥmah

mercy

بَرَكَة

barakah

blessing

إِنْ شَاء اللَّه

in shāʾ Allāh

if Allah wills

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