Vocabulary

Please note that this vocabulary list is provided for you as a convenience to save time
vocabulary, although necessary, is the least difficult part of learning the Arabic language. For
the purpose of this course, we expect that your knowledge of and , combined with the
vocabulary will enable you to correctly translate and understand the various texts we will study.
Please fill in the empty columns for the verbs in the list yourself.
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base letters

Arabic

Basic Meaning

town, village, small city.

sell

idols

prostrate

worship

intelligent, intellectual, smart, cunning, bright,

admirable

recognize, notice, be aware of, know

rock

speak, utter

hear, listen

bring harm, make the situation negative

benefit

fly, insect, mosquito

sit

fend off, ward off, send away, repel, parry

mouse, rat

eat

prevent, hinder, stop

ask, politely demand

advice

put

drink

become angry

understand, become enlightened

advise

break, demolish

thereupon, then

break, demolish etc.

become happy, become at ease

exited, left

children

sick, slightly ill, uneasy, bad feeling

remained behind, remained, stayed

remained silent,

say, speak, utter, pronounce

took, got, received

axe, hatchet

idol

hung, suspended, dangled

returned

intended, decided

become amazed, astonished, surprised etc.

become shocked, amazed to a higher degree

become regretful

become angry

lords, gods

able to

walk

move

understand, come to realize, become

enlightened

become ashamed

cold

gathered, grouped, collected

insulted, offended

punishment

recompense

burn

ignite

throw

cool

happy

intact, safe

one

star

disappear, vanish, retreat, draw back

rise

die, perish

powerful

morning

cloud, clouds

remaining

worlds, universes

guide

make

close/good friend

command, demand

find

enemy

create

feed

give drink, quench

cure

give death

give life, resurrect

in front of

king, master, leader

request, search, call for

come

fear

dumb, stupid

bring (with after it)

see

gentle, kind, soft hearted

become regretful

travel, journey

bid farewell

decide, make destination

grass

well

river, lake, small sea

human being

reach

Descend (with , = enter)

then (in reply)

waste

become thirsty

give drink

run

put blessings in, bless

city, country, state

dream

return, come back

a time, period

meet

become happy, glad

play

love, like

slaughter

dream, sleep

think, ponder

knife

reach

lie down

throat

succeed

ram

build

transfer

mountains

accept

face, turn to

make circles around

pray

near, withi

resided

furthest

around

amazing, strange

child, boy

beautiful, handsome

all

become astonished, amazed

to relate, narrate

high status, matter

glad tiding, good news

grand-father, great-grand-father

temperaments

overpower

to inform

envy, be jealous

enemy

youth

intensify

to throw

sincere, pure

to agree upon

delegation

agree upon

opinion

to send

to decide firmly

evil

governor

always

graze (sheep)

to protect

wolf

unaware

never

to give permission

jungle, forest

deep

dark

alone

to give glad tidings

to greave

to become present, present ones self

become relieved from, finish

brothers

sign, indication

blood

ram

to paint, colour

to believe

evening, night

to race

belongings

false

to wound, cut

to rip, tare

painted, coloured

story

fabricated, made up

bed

to forget

remember, mention

scary, frightening

palace

group

travel, journey

to become thirsty

to search

to dangle (a bucket)

bucket

to pull back, snatch

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heavy

take out, drive out, expel

glad tiding

to conceal, hide

to call out, announce

to buy

dirhams, silver coins

a few, numbered

to sell

merchants

woman, wife

to honour

to seduce

treachery, disloyalty

to refuse

never

be good, favour

to complain

trust-worthy

those who are disloyal

angel

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noble

jail, prison

innocent

lecture, advise, exhortation

to revere, respect highly

to relate, narrate

squeeze juice

wine

to lift, carry

bread

interpretation

land

sea

provision

rain

to laugh

to deserve, be worthy, have a right to

free

courageous

generous

open-hearted

12

speak out, be vocal

be generous

need, necessity

to drive, push

to become soft, soften

to become humble, submit

obey

to rush, hasten

inform, tell

become content, satisfied

teach

opportunity

begin, commence

to give

to follow, adopt

way of life

for-fathers

only, just

pause, stand

lords, gods

to be separate, dispersed

13

all-powerful

to show, display

partnership

besides, other than

names

to name, symbolize

judgement

kingdom

strong, firm

to hang

mention, remember

years

cows

fat

thin, emaciated

ears, stocks

fresh, green

dry

advisers

companionate

miserliness

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to indicate, guide

solution, plan

to farm, plant

to harvest

famine, drought

general, encompassing

preserve, stock up

to prolong

help, victory

to prosper, be fertile

very truthful

become desirous

choose, select for ones self

investigation

be pleased

likewise, thus

yesterday

be treacherous, betray

great in terms of his soul

refuse (to accept disgrace)

great in intellect

15

wait, stay

rush, hasten, run

issue, matter

innocent

treasures

trust

scarce, less

treachery, betrayal

be treacherous

to waist

rulers, governors

dogs

wear, cloth

to benefit (someone else)

protective

knowledgeable

to benefit (yourself)

to shy from, be ashamed of

trustworthy

to relax

famine

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to turn towards, proceed towards

to think, believe

be unaware

to humiliate, disgrace

speak to

to be distant, far

once

to test

to put, place

to trust, have faith in, believe

to return (back)

price, cost

right, share

to make a firm promise

witness

separate, dispersed

to reside (someone)

time, age

path, way, method

be possible

withhold, keep behind

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reason, cause

vessel, glass, cup

expensive

to announce

announcer, caller

to move attention towards

find missing

drinking cup

load

camel

sow corruption

repay, punish

become ashamed

slander

kind, generous

forbearing

to favour, do good, be kind to

refuge

since

to ponder

to cause grief

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to refuse, reject

unseen, hidden

hand

test, try

to gather, collect

calamity, hardship

hidden

wisdom

concealed

to make happy, please

bestow blessing

perhaps, hopefully

piece, part, portion

to renew, rekindle

grief, sadness, sorrow

my sorrow

to depart, stop, seize (with laa before it: to

continue)

to blame

to parish, die, be destroyed

to complain

anguish, distress

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despair

hope

to search

to make effort

to loose hope

to conceal

to control, to own, possess

ignorant, unaware

doubt, uncertainty

to favour

to fear

wrong-doers

meeting

separation

be pleasant, enjoyable

become manifest, apparent

become cool

become blind

possessor of eyesight

to travel, journey

to sense, feel

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smell, odour, fragrance

return

to seek forgiveness

to welcome

blessed

thrown

to fall

in prostration

pure, nice, good

gratitude

best, beauty

conclusion, end result

occupy (someone)

to change, alter

to rule, govern

to implement

abundant, much, many

to consider

to raise alive, resurrect

dreams, matters

originator, creator

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guardian, protector

give death

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