Basic English-Arabic Vocabulary from Lecture Notes

Greetings & Social Courtesies

• hello — مرحبًا (marḥabā)
• excuse-me / you’re welcome — عفوًا (ʿafwan)
• good-bye — وَداعًا (wadāʿan)
• good-morning — صَباحُ الخَيْر (ṣabāḥ al-khayr)
• good-night — تَصْبَح عَلى خَيْر (taṣbaḥ ʿalā khayr)
• please — مِن فَضلِك (min faḍlik)
• thanks — شُكرًا (šukran)
• yes — نَعَم (naʿam)
• no / not — لا (lā)
• sorry — آسِف / آسِفة (āsif [m] / āsifa [f])

Core Nouns – People & Gender

• man رَجُل (rajul)
• woman اِمْرَأة (imraʾa)
• boy وَلَد (walad)
• girl بِنْت (bint)
• friend صَديق (ṣadīq) [m]
• family عائِلَة (ʿāʾila)
• teacher مُعَلِّم (muʿallim) [m]
• student طالِب (ṭālib) [m]

Extended Family

• mother أُمّ (umm)
• father أَب (ab)
• son اِبْن (ibn)
• daughter بِنْت (bint)
• husband زَوْج (zawj)
• wife زَوْجَة (zawja)
• grandfather جَدّ (jadd)
• grandmother جَدَّة (jadda)
• paternal-uncle عَمّ (ʿamm)
• paternal-aunt عَمَّة (ʿamma)
• male cousin (paternal) اِبْنُ عَمّ (ibnu ʿamm)

Places & Buildings

• house بَيْت (bayt)
• school مَدْرَسَة (madrasa)
• university جامِعَة (jāmiʿa)
• hospital مُسْتَشْفَى (mustašfā)
• church كَنيسَة (kanīsa)
• mosque مَسْجِد (masjid)
• airport مَطَار (maṭār)
• train-station مَحَطَّة القِطار (maḥaṭṭat al-qiṭār)
• bus-station مَوْقِف الحافِلَة (mawqif al-ḥāfila)
• hotel فُنْدُق (funduq)
• restaurant مَطْعَم (maṭʿam)
• store / shop مَتْجَر (matjar)
• market سُوق (sūq)
• bakery مَخْبَز (makhbaz)
• post-office مَكْتَب البَريد (maktab al-barīd)
• museum مَتْحَف (matḥaf)
• theatre مَسْرَح (masraḥ)
• cinema السِّينَما (as-sīnamā)
• zoo حَديقَةُ الحَيَوان (ḥadīqat al-ḥayawān)
• town-hall بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya)