Animals in Modern Standard Arabic
Animals in Modern Standard Arabic
| animal | ɧayawānun | حَيَوانٌ | |
| pet | ɧayawānun ʔalīfun | حَيَوانٌ أَليفٌ | |
| Do you have any pets? | hal ladayka ʔayyu ɧayawānātin ʔalīfatin? | هَلْ لَدَيْكَ أَيُّ حَيَواناتٍ أَليفَةٍ؟ | |
| dog | kalbun (kilābun) | كَلْبٌ (كِلابٌ) | |
| cat | qiʈʈatun (qiʈaʈun) | قِطَّةٌ (قِطَطٌ) | |
| I like cats, but I don’t like dogs so much. | ʔuɧibbu -lqiʈaʈa, lakinnanī lā ʔuɧibbu -lkilāba kaŧīran. | أُحِبُّ القِطَطَ، لَكِنَّني لا أُحِبُّ الكِلابَ كَثيرًا. | |
| cage | qafaʂun (ʔaqfāʂun) | قَفَصٌ (أَقْفاصٌ) | |
| kennel | baytu -lkalbi (buyūtu -lkilābi) | بَيْتُ الكَلْبِ (بُيوتُ الكِلابِ) | |
| kennel | bītu -lɧayawānāti (buyūtu -lɧayawānāti) | بيتُ الحَيَواناتِ (بُيوتُ الحَيَواناتِ) | |
| leash | ɧablu [kalbin] (ɧibālu [kilābin]) | حَبْلُ [كَلْبٍ] (حِبالُ [كِلابٍ]) | |
| dog collar | ʈawqu kalbin (ʔaʈwāqu kilābin) | طَوْقُ كَلْبٍ (أَطْواقُ كِلابٍ) | |
| to train | darraba [2s] | دَرَّبَ | |
| (pet) food, feed | ʈa3āmu -lɧayawānāti -lʔalīfati | طَعامُ الحَيَواناتِ الأَليفَةِ | |
| to feed | ʔaʈ3ama [4s] | أَطْعَمَ | |
| bear | dubbun (dibabatun) | دُبٌّ (دِبَبَةٌ) | |
| beaver | qundusun (qanādisu) | قُنْدُسٌ (قَنادِسُ) | |
| buffalo | jāmūsatun (jawāmīsu) | جاموسَةٌ (جَواميسُ) | |
| cheetah | fahdun (fuhūdun) | فَهْدٌ (فُهودٌ) | |
| deer, gazelle | ɣazālun (ɣizlānun) | غَزالٌ (غِزْلانٌ) | |
| elephant | fīlun (fiyalatun) | فيلٌ (فِيَلَةٌ) | |
| fox | ŧa3labun (ŧŧa3ālibu) | ثَعْلَبٌ (ثَّعالِبُ) | |
| giraffe | zarāfatun | زَرافَةٌ | |
| hippopotamus | farasu -nnahri | فَرَسُ النَّهْرِ | |
| kangaroo | kunɣurun (kanāɣiru) | كُنْغُرٌ (كَناغِرُ) | |
| koala | addubbu -lʔusturāliyyu | الدُّبُّ الأُسْتُرالِيُّ | |
| koala | kuwālā | كُوالا | |
| leopard | annamiru -lmuraqqaʈu | النَّمِرُ المُرَقَّطُ | |
| lion | ʔasadun (ʔusūdun) | أَسَدٌ (أُسودٌ) | |
| mouse; rat | faʔrun (fiʔrānun) | فَأْرٌ (فِئْرانٌ) | |
| mouse; rat | jirđun (jirđānun) | جِرْذٌ (جِرْذانٌ) | |
| polar bear | dubbun quʈbiyyun | دُبٌّ قُطْبِيٌّ | |
| rabbit | ʔarnabun (ʔarānibu) | أَرْنَبٌ (أَرانِبُ) | |
| rhinoceros | waɧīdu -lqarni | وَحيدُ القَرْنِ | |
| skunk | ʐurbānun | ظُرْبانٌ | |
| squirrel | sinjābun (sanājibu) | سِنْجابٌ (سَناجِبُ) | |
| tiger | namirun (numūru) | نَمِرٌ (نُمورُ) | |
| wolf | điʔbun (điʔābun) | ذِئْبٌ (ذِئابٌ) | |
| seal | 3ijlu -lbaɧri | عِجْلُ البَحْرِ | |
| seal | fuqmatun | فُقْمَةٌ | |
| sealion | ʔasadu -lbaɧri | أَسَدُ البَحْرِ | |
| dolphin | dūlfīnun | دولْفينٌ | |
| whale | ɧūtun (ɧītānun) | حوتٌ (حيتانٌ) | |
| bird | ʈāʔirun (ʈuyūrun) | طائِرٌ (طُيورٌ) | |
| canary | kanāriyyun | كَنارِيٌّ | |
| crow, raven | ɣurābun (ɣirbānun) | غُرابٌ (غِرْبانٌ) | |
| doves | yamāmun | يَمامٌ | |
| eagle, condor, vulture | nisrun (nusūrun) | نِسْرٌ (نُسورٌ) | |
| hawk, falcon | ʂaqrun (ʂuqūrun) | صَقْرٌ (صُقورٌ) | |
| ostrich | na3āmatun (na3āmun) | نَعامَةٌ (نَعامٌ) | |
| parrot | babbaɣāʔun (babbaɣāwātun) | بَبَّغاءٌ (بَبَّغاواتٌ) | |
| peacock | ʈāwūsun (ʈawāwīsu) | طاووسٌ (طَواويسُ) | |
| penguin | biʈrīqun (baʈārīqu) | بِطْريقٌ (بَطاريقُ) | |
| pigeons | ɧamāmun | حَمامٌ | |
| seagull | nawrasun (nawārisu) | نَوْرَسٌ (نَوارِسُ) | |
| small bird (sparrow, finch, etc.) | 3uʂfūrun (3aʂāfīru) | عُصْفورٌ (عَصافيرُ) | |
| stork | laqlaqun (laqāliqu) | لَقْلَقٌ (لَقالِقُ) | |
| swallow | sunūnū | سُنونو | |
| swan | tammun | تَمٌّ | |
| reptiles | zawāɧifun | زَواحِفٌ | |
| cobra | kōbrā | كوْبْرا | |
| crocodile | timsāɧun (tamāsīɧu) | تِمْساحٌ (تَماسيحُ) | |
| lizard | siɧliyyatun (saɧālin) | سِحْلِيَّةٌ (سَحالٍ) | |
| snake | ŧu3bānun (ŧa3ābīnu) | ثُعْبانٌ (ثَعابينُ) | |
| turtle, tortoise | sulaɧfātun (salāɧifu) | سُلَحْفاةٌ (سَلاحِفُ) | |
| frog | ɖifda3un (ɖafādi3u) | ضِفْدَعٌ (ضَفادِعُ) | |
| fish | samakatun (ʔasmākun) | سَمَكَةٌ (أَسْماكٌ) | |
| shark | [samakatu] qiršin ([ʔasmāku] qiršin) | [سَمَكَةُ] قِرْشٍ ([أَسْماكُ] قِرْشٍ) | |
| jellyfish | qindīlu -lbaɧri (qanādīlu -lbaɧri) | قِنْديلُ البَحْرِ (قَناديلُ البَحْرِ) | |
| insect, bug | ɧašaratun | حَشَرَةٌ | |
| ants | namlun | نَمْلٌ | |
| bees | naɧlun | نَحْلٌ | |
| A bee stung me. | ladaɣatnī naɧlatun. | لَدَغَتْني نَحْلَةٌ. | |
| bee-sting | ladɣatu naɧlatin | لَدْغَةُ نَحْلَةٍ | |
| beehive | xaliyyatu naɧlin | خَلِيَّةُ نَحْلٍ | |
| beetle | xunfusāʔu (xanāfisu) | خُنْفُساءُ (خَنافِسُ) | |
| butterfly | farāšatun | فَراشَةٌ | |
| cockroach | ʂurʂūrun (ʂarāʂīru) | صُرْصورٌ (صَراصيرُ) | |
| cricket | ʂurʂūru -llayli | صُرْصورُ اللَّيْلِ | |
| dragon-fly | ya3sūbun (ya3āsību) | يَعْسوبٌ (يَعاسيبُ) | |
| flea | burɣūŧun (barāɣīŧu) | بُرْغوثٌ (بَراغيثُ) | |
| flies | đubābun | ذُبابٌ | |
| grasshopper, locust | jundubun (janādibu) | جُنْدُبٌ (جَنادِبُ) | |
| lice | qamlun | قَمْلٌ | |
| The child has head lice. | yu3ānī -ʈʈiflu min qamli -rraʔsi. | يُعاني الطِّفْلُ مِنْ قَمْلِ الرَّأْسِ. | |
| The child has head lice. | aʈʈiflu muʂābun bi-qamli -rraʔsi. | الطِّفْلُ مُصابٌ بِقَمْلِ الرَّأْسِ. | |
| mosquitoes | ba3ūɖun | بَعوضٌ | |
| mosquito bite | ladɣatu ba3ūɖatin | لَدْغَةُ بَعوضَةٍ | |
| A mosquito bit me. | ladaɣatnī ba3ūɖatun. | لَدَغَتْني بَعوضَةٌ. | |
| moths | 3uŧun | عُثٌ | |
| scorpion | 3aqrabun (3aqāribu) | عَقْرَبٌ (عَقارِبُ) | |
| snail | ɧalazūnun (ɧalāzīnu) | حَلَزونٌ (حَلازينُ) | |
| spider | 3ankabūtun (3anākibu) | عَنْكَبوتٌ (عَناكِبُ) | |
| spider web | nasīju 3ankabūtin | نَسيجُ عَنْكَبوتٍ | |
| spider web | šabakatu 3ankabūtun | شَبَكَةُ عَنْكَبوتٌ | |
| I’m afraid of spiders. | ʔana ʔaxāfu mina -l3anākibi. | أَنا أَخافُ مِنَ العَناكِبِ. | |
| wasp | dabbūrun (dabābīru) | دَبّورٌ (دَبابيرُ) | |
| worms | dūdun | دودٌ | |
| beak, bill | minqārun (manāqīru) | مِنْقارٌ (مَناقيرُ) | |
| claw, talon | mixlabun (maxālibu) | مِخْلَبٌ (مَخالِبُ) | |
| feathers | rīšun | ريشٌ | |
| feeler, antenna | qarnu -stiš3ārin | قَرْنُ اسْتِشْعارٍ | |
| fur | farwun | فَرْوٌ | |
| fur | firāʔun | فِراءٌ | |
| horn, antler | qarnun (qurūnun) | قَرْنٌ (قُرونٌ) | |
| paw, leg | rijlun (ʔarjulun) | رِجْلٌ (أَرْجُلٌ) | |
| tail | đaylun (đuyūlun) | ذَيْلٌ (ذُيولٌ) | |
| udder, teats | ɖar3un (ɖurū3un) | ضَرْعٌ (ضُروعٌ) | |
| wing | janāɧun (ʔajniɧatun) | جَناحٌ (أَجْنِحَةٌ) |
Animals in Modern Standard Arabic
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