The Human Body and Describing People in Moroccan Arabic
The Human Body and Describing People in Moroccan Arabic
| body | جِسْم (أجْسام) | ||
| head | راس (رْيوس) | ||
| brain, mind | مُخ (مْخاخ) | ||
| brain, mind | دْماغ | ||
| skull | جُمْجُمة (جْماجِم) | ||
| face | وْجه (وْجوهَ) | ||
| He has a round face. | وُجْهو مْدوّر. | ||
| She has an oblong face. | وْجهْها طْويل. | ||
| I have a square face. | وُجْهي مْربّع. | ||
| You have an oval face. | وُجْهك بيْضاوي. | ||
| You have an oval face. | وُجْهك أوڤال. | ||
| to wash one’s face | غْسل وُجْهُ | ||
| forehead, brow | جبْهة | ||
| He has a big forehead. | عنْدو جبْهة كْبيرة. | ||
| brow | جبْهة | ||
| to frown, knit one’s brow, scowl | مْغوبش | ||
| cheek | حنْك (حْناك) | ||
| chin | ڭادومة | ||
| jaw | ماشْوار | ||
| eye | عيْن (عيْنين) | ||
| My eyes itch. | عيْني كتّاكُلْني. | ||
| My eyes itch. | عيْني كتْحُكْني. | ||
| blue eyes | عيْنين زرْقيْن | ||
| green eyes | عيْنين خضْريْن | ||
| brown eyes | عيْنين قهْوِيّين | ||
| She has beautiful brown eyes. | عيْنيها قهْوِيّين زْوِنين | ||
| What color are your eyes? | شْنو لون عيْنيك؟ | ||
| His eyes are green. | عيْنيه خضْريْن | ||
| eyebrow | حاجِب (حجْبان) | ||
| eyelids | جْفون | ||
| eyelash | شفْرة (شْفار) | ||
| She has long eyelashes. | شْفارْها طْوال. | ||
| He has bushy eyebrows. | حجْبانو عامْريْن. | ||
| sclera, the white of one’s eyes | البْيَض دْيال العيْن | ||
| iris | قزْحية | ||
| pupil | مومّو دْيال العيْن | ||
| to blink | رمّش | ||
| to wink | غْمز | ||
| to close one’s eyes | غمّض عيْنيه | ||
| to open one’s eyes | حلّ عيْنيه | ||
| to have dark circles under one’s eyes | عنْدو لا ساغْن | ||
| cross-eyed | حْوُل (حَوْلين) | ||
| blind | عْمى (عمْيين) | ||
| to see | شاف | ||
| I can’t see the clock from here. | ماكن قْدرْش نْشوف المڭانة من هْنا. | ||
| eyesight, vision | الشّوف | ||
| I have perfect eyesight. | عنْدي الشّوف مزْيان. | ||
| to wear glasses | دار النّْضاضر | ||
| I think you need glasses. | واقيلا خصّك النّْضاضر. | ||
| to cry | بْكى | ||
| a tear | دمْعة | ||
| Why are your eyes red? Have you been crying? | عْلاش عيْنيك حمْريْن؟ واش كُنْتِ كتْ بْكي؟ | ||
| nose | نيف | ||
| nostrils | مْناخر | ||
| big/pronounced nose | نيف كْبير | ||
| petite nose | نيف صْغيْر | ||
| straight/sharp/pointy nose | نيف مْقمْقم | ||
| hook/crooked nose | نيف معْقوف | ||
| to sneeze | عْطس | ||
| snot | خْنونة | ||
| to have a runny nose | نيفو سايِل | ||
| to blow one’s nose | نْصط نيفو | ||
| to pick one’s nose | خوّر نيفو | ||
| to smell | شمّ | ||
| sense of smell | حاسّة الشّمّ | ||
| I don’t have a very good sense of smell. | مكنْشمْش مزْيان. | ||
| I think I smell smoke. | واقيلا كنْشم ريحْة الدُّخّان. | ||
| ear | وْذن (وُذْنين) | ||
| to hear | سْمع | ||
| Do you hear that noise? | كتْسْمع هاذ الصّْداع؟ | ||
| to cup one’s ear | مدّ ودْنو باش يِسْمع مزْيان | ||
| There's a ringing in my ear. | وُذْني كتْصفّر. | ||
| to be hard of hearing | مكِسْمعْش مزْيان | ||
| deaf | صْمك | ||
| to wear a hearing aid | دار السّمّاعة | ||
| to have pierced ears | وُذْنيه متْقوبين | ||
| earwax | وْسخ الوُذْنين | ||
| mouth | فُمّ (فّام) | ||
| to smile | تْبسّم | ||
| to open one’s mouth | حلّ فُمّو | ||
| to close one’s mouth | سدّ فُمّو | ||
| tongue | لْسان | ||
| to taste | ذاق | ||
| Can you taste the mint in this dessert? | حسّيتي بْمذاق النّعْناع فْ الدّيسيْر؟ | ||
| lip | قنّوفة (قْنانف) | ||
| upper lip | القنّوفة الفوقانية | ||
| lower lip | القنّوفة التحْتانية | ||
| thin lips | قْنانف صْغار | ||
| full lips | قْنانف كْبار | ||
| chapped (dry) lips | قْنانف ناشْفين | ||
| tooth | سنّة (سْنان) | ||
| gums | لثّة | ||
| to brush one’s teeth | حكّ سْنانو | ||
| to floss one’s teeth | حكّ سْنانو بالخيْط | ||
| front teeth | سْنان قُدّامِيّين | ||
| to bite | عضّ | ||
| molar | ضرْسة (ضْراس) | ||
| to chew | مْضغ | ||
| to spit | دْفل | ||
| spit, spittle, saliva | دْفال | ||
| to yawn | تْثاوُب | ||
| to cough | كْحُب | ||
| to burp, belch | تْڭرّع | ||
| to have bad breath | ريحْة فُمّو خايْبة | ||
| tonsils | حْلاقم | ||
| neck | ڭْفا | ||
| throat | قرْجوطة | ||
| larynx | حنْجْرة (حْناجر) | ||
| to breathe | تْنفّس | ||
| breath | نفْس | ||
| to take a deep breath | تْنفّس مزْيان | ||
| to swallow | صْرط | ||
| to choke on | وْحل ليه | ||
| He started choking on a piece of food. | وحْلات ليه الماكْلة | ||
| hair | شْعر | ||
| dark brown hair | شْعر ماروْن غامق | ||
| light brown hair | شْعر ماروْن فاتح | ||
| blond hair | شْعر صْفر | ||
| She’s blond. | شْعرْها صْفر. | ||
| black hair | شْعر كْحل | ||
| red hair | شْعر حْمر | ||
| gray hair | شْعر ڭْري | ||
| white hair | شْعر بْيَض | ||
| to dye one’s hair | صْبغ شعْرو | ||
| She dyes her hair blond. | كتْصْبغ شْعرْها بالصْفر. | ||
| She’s a natural blond. | شْعرْها طبيعي صْفر. | ||
| long hair | شْعر طْويل | ||
| short hair | شْعر قْصيْر | ||
| shoulder-length hair | شْعر حدّ الكْتاف | ||
| straight hair | شْعر رْطب | ||
| curly hair | شْعر بوكْلي | ||
| She has long beautiful straight brown hair. | شْعرْها زْوين و طْويل و رْطب و مارون. | ||
| to comb/brush one’s hair | مْشط شعْرو | ||
| to get a haircut | حسّن شعْرو | ||
| bald | صْلع | ||
| to go bald | وُلاّ صْلع | ||
| to shave one's head bald | قرّع | ||
| sideburns | لا پّاط | ||
| ponytail | كود شْوفال | ||
| braids | ضْفيْرات | ||
| She wears her hair in braids. | دارت شْعرْها ضْفيْرات. | ||
| bun | شينْيوْن | ||
| She usually wears her hair in a bun. | ديما كدّير شْعرْها شينْيون. | ||
| bangs | ڭُصّة | ||
| You look good with bangs! | جات مْعاك الڭُصّة! | ||
| wig, toupee | پيْروك | ||
| You can tell he wears a toupee. | بايْن لابس پيْروك. | ||
| beard | لحْيَة | ||
| mustache | شْلاغم | ||
| mustache | موسْطاش | ||
| He has a beard and mustache. | عنْدو لحْيَة و موسْطاش. | ||
| goatee | ڭادومة | ||
| to shave | حسّن | ||
| to trim one’s beard | نْقص من اللّحْيَة | ||
| I shave every morning. | كنْحسّن كُلّ صْباح. | ||
| clean-shaven | مْحسّن اللّحْية | ||
| stubble | لحْيَة خْفيفة | ||
| skin | جلْد | ||
| pimple, blemish | حْبوبة | ||
| I have a huge pimple on my chin! | عنْدي حْبوبة كْبيرة فْ الڭادومة! | ||
| acne | حبّ الشّْباب | ||
| As a teenager, he had a lot of acne. | مْنِ كان صْغيْر، كان فيه بزّاف دْيال الحْبوب. | ||
| to have bad skin | وُجْهو مْحبّب | ||
| to have a good complexion | بشْرْتو صافْية | ||
| fair-skinned | بْيَض | ||
| dark-skinned | سْمر | ||
| to have an olive complexion | بشْرْتو قمْحية | ||
| to have dry skin | بشْرْتو جافّة | ||
| to put on lotion | دار كْريم | ||
| to put on sunscreen | دار آكْرون | ||
| freckles | نْمش | ||
| She has a lot of freckles. | فيها بزّاف دْيال النّْمش. | ||
| mole, birthmark | توْحيمة | ||
| wrinkles | تجاعيد | ||
| You get wrinkles as you get older. | كُلّ ما كْبرْتي كُلّ ما تْزادو فيك التّجاعيد. | ||
| scar | سيكاتْريس | ||
| tattoo | وُشْمة | ||
| He has a tattoo on his left arm. | عنْدو وُشْمة فْإيدّو ليسْرِيّا. | ||
| Do you have any tattoos? | واش دايْر شي وُشْمة؟ | ||
| arm | دْراع | ||
| elbow | كود | ||
| armpit | طابڭ (طْوابڭ) | ||
| to sweat | عْرق | ||
| to sweat | عْرڭ | ||
| sweaty | عرْقان | ||
| sweaty | عرْڭان | ||
| He was very sweaty after playing soccer. | عْرڭ بزّاف من بعْد ملْعب كورة. | ||
| hand, wrist | ليدّ (ليدّين) | ||
| What’s in your hand? | شْعنْدك فيدّيك؟ | ||
| They’re all wearing watches on their wrists. | كامْلين ديْرين مڭانات فيدّيهُم. | ||
| finger | صْبع (صبْعان) | ||
| fingerprint | بصْمة | ||
| thumb | الصّْبع الكْبير | ||
| index finger | الصّْبع الثّاني | ||
| index finger | السّبّابة | ||
| middle finger | الصّْبع الوُسْطاني | ||
| ring finger | الصّْبع الرّابع | ||
| little finger, pinky | الصّْبع الصّْغيْر | ||
| fingertip | طرْف الصّْبع | ||
| fingernail | ظْفر (ظفْران) | ||
| palm | كفّ (كْفوف) | ||
| knuckles | مْفاصل الصّْباع | ||
| wrist | پْوانيْه | ||
| to make a fist | جْمع يِدّو | ||
| to extend one’s fingers | حلّ صْباعو | ||
| to hold, grip | شدّ | ||
| to point to | نِيِّش بْصبْعو | ||
| He pointed at the clock. | نِيِّش بْصبْعو عْلى المڭانة. | ||
| leg, foot | رْجل (رجْلين) | ||
| thigh | فْخذ (فْخاذ) | ||
| shin | ڭصْبة | ||
| calf | لا موْليْه | ||
| knee | رُكْبة (رْكابي) | ||
| ankle | شوڤية | ||
| ankle | كعْبة | ||
| sole | قاع الرّْجل | ||
| heel | ڭْدم | ||
| toe | صْبع الرّْجل (صْباع الرّجْلين) | ||
| shoulder | كْتف (كْتاف) | ||
| to have broad shoulders | كْتافو عْراض | ||
| chest, bosom | سْدر | ||
| to be flat chested | ما عنْدْهاش سْدر | ||
| boob | بزّولة (بْزازل) | ||
| nipple | راس البزّولة | ||
| abdomen, belly, stomach | كرْش (كروشة) | ||
| back | ظْهر (ظْهورة) | ||
| waist | الوَسْط | ||
| hips | لا هونْش | ||
| navel, belly button | بوْط | ||
| internal organs | أحْشاء | ||
| stomach | معْدة | ||
| intestines, bowels | مْصارن | ||
| lung | رية | ||
| heart | قلْب (قْلوب) | ||
| to beat, palpitate | دقّ | ||
| heartbeat, pulse | دقّة القلْب | ||
| liver | كبْدة | ||
| kidney | كلْوَة (كْلاوي) | ||
| bladder | مْثانة | ||
| gallbladder | مرّارة | ||
| gland | غُدّة | ||
| thyroid gland | غُدّة درقية | ||
| bone | عْضم (عْضام) | ||
| skeleton | هيْكل عضْمي | ||
| skeleton | سْكولات | ||
| spine | سلْسول | ||
| rib | ضلْعة (ضْلوع) | ||
| muscle | موسْكل | ||
| muscle | عضلة | ||
| vein | عرْق (عْروق) | ||
| artery | شرَيان (شرايين) | ||
| blood | دمّ | ||
| nerves | أعْصاب | ||
| sexual organs, private parts | أعْضاء تناسُلية | ||
| penis | تاع الرّاجل | ||
| penis | قْضيب | ||
| pee-pee | پيپي | ||
| scrotum | سْكْغوتوْم | ||
| vagina, ‘girl parts’ | تاع المْرا | ||
| naked, bare | عرْيان (عرْيانين) | ||
| buttocks, bottom, posterior | ترْمة | ||
| to urinate, piss, take a piss | بال | ||
| There was a man peeing on the side of the road. | كان واحد الرّاجل كيْبُول فْجنْب الطّْريق. | ||
| urine | بول | ||
| pee | پيپّي | ||
| to pee | دار پيپّي | ||
| excrement, feces, poop | كاكّا | ||
| to defecate, poop | دار كاكّا | ||
| Careful! Don't step in the dog poo! | عنْداك! ما تعْفطْش عْلى كاكّا دْيال الكلْب. | ||
| to go to the bathroom | مْشا لْتْواليْتّ | ||
| I need to go to the bathroom. | خصْني نْمْشي لْتْواليْتّ. | ||
| height | طوْل | ||
| tall | طْويل | ||
| average height | طوْلو عادي | ||
| short | قْصيْر (قْصار) | ||
| How tall are you? | شْحال فيك فْ الطّول؟ | ||
| I’m 1.75 meters tall. | فِيّا ميتْرو و خمْسة و سبْعين. | ||
| weight | وَزْن | ||
| weight | پْوا | ||
| How much do you weigh? | شْحال فيك من كيلو؟ | ||
| one’s build, body shape | الفوْرْمة | ||
| fat, overweight | غْليْض | ||
| to get fat | غْلاض | ||
| Don’t overeat so you don’t get fat. | ما تاكُلْش بزّاف باش ما تْغْلاضْش. | ||
| chubby | مْبطْبط | ||
| plump, stout | مْفوْرْمي | ||
| average weight | وَزْن عادي | ||
| thin | ضْعيف (ضْعاف) | ||
| skinny | رْقيق (رْقاق) | ||
| one’s looks | مظْهر دْيالو | ||
| handsome; beautiful | زْوين | ||
| good-looking | بوڭوص | ||
| cute | كتْكوت | ||
| cute | مينْيوْن | ||
| My God, those girls are so cute! | الله، هادوك البْنات شْحال كْتاكت/زْوينات! | ||
| ugly | خيْب | ||
| average-looking | زينو مقْبول |
The Human Body and Describing People in Moroccan Arabic
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