Arabic Genealogical Word List

Arabic Genealogical Word List
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Arabic Genealogical Word List

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• The School Dictionary, English-Arabic
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General Word List

English	Arabic	Transliteration
birth	وِلادة, ميلاد	wilādah, mīlād
death	مَوْت , وَفاة	mawt, wafāh
marriage	زَواج , قِران , زِفاف	zawāj, qirān, zifāf
burial	دَفْن	dafn
month	شَهْر	šahr
day	يَوْم	yawm
year	سِنة	sinah
family name	اِسْم العائِلة	ism al-ʿāʾilah
first name	الاِسْم الأَوَّل	al-ism al-awwal
village	قَرِية	qariyah
town	بَلْدة	baldah
city	مَدينة	madīnah
country	بَلَد , دَوْلة	balad, dawlah
1 - one	واحِد	wāḥid
2 - two	اِثْنان، اِثْنَيْن	ithnān, ithnayn
3 - three	ثَلاثة	thalāthah
4 - four	أَرْبَعة	ʾarbaʿah
5 - five	خَمْسة	khamsah
6 - six	سِتّة	sittah
7 - seven	سَبْعة	sabʿah
8 - eight	ثَمانية	thamāniyah
9 - nine	تِسْعة	tisʿah
10 - ten	عَشَرة	ʿašarah
11 - eleven	أَحَد عَشَر	ʾaḥad ʿašar
12 - twelve	اِثْنا/اِثْنَي عَشَر	ithna/ithnay ʿašar
13 - thirteen	ثَلاثة عَشَر	thalāthat ʿašar
14 - fourteen	أَرْبَعة عَشَر	ʾarbaʿat ʿašar
15 - fifteen	خَمْسَة عَشَر	khamsat ʿašar
16 - sixteen	سِتّة عَشَر	sittat ʿašar
17 - seventeen	سَبْعة عَشَر	sabʿat ʿašar
18 - eighteen	ثَمانية عَشَر	thamāniyat ʿašar
19 - nineteen	تِسْعة عَشَر	tisʿat ʿašar
20 - twenty	عِشْرون	ʿišrūn
30 - thirty	ثَلاثون	thalāthūn
40 - forty	أَرْبَعون	ʾarbaʿūn
50 - fifty	خَمْسون	khamsūn
60 - sixty	سِتّون	sittūn
70 - seventy	سَبْعون	sabʿūn
80 - eighty	ثَمانون	thamānūn
90 - ninety	تِسْعون	tisʿūn
100 - one hundred	مِئة / مائة	miʾah

Family Relationships

English	Arabic	Transliteration
father	أَب	ʾab
mother	أُمّ	ʾumm
son	اِبْن، وَلَد	ibn, walad
daughter	اِبْنة، بِنْت	ibnah, bint
brother	أَخ , شَقيق	ʾakh, šaqīq
sister	أُخْت، شَقيقة	ʾukht, šaqīqah
wife	زَوْجة	zawjah
husband	زَوْج	zawj
grandfather	جَدّ	jadd
grandmother	جَدّة	jaddah
grandson	حَفيد	ḥafīd
granddaughter	حَفيدة	ḥafīdah
paternal uncle	عَمّ	ʿamm
maternal uncle	خال	khāl
paternal aunt	عَمّة	ʿammah
maternal aunt	خالة	khālah
paternal male cousin	اِبْن العَمّ	ibn al-ʿamm
maternal male cousin	اِبْن الخال	ibn al-khāl
paternal female cousin	بِنْت العَمّ	bint al-ʿamm
maternal female cousin	بِنْت الخال	bint al-khāl
nephew (brother's son)	اِبْن الأَخ	ibn al-ʾakh
nephew (sister's son)	اِبْن الأُخْت	ibn al-ʾukht
niece (brother’s daughter)	اِبْنة/بِنْت الأَخ	ibnat/bint al-ʾakh
niece (sister’s daughter)	اِبْنة/بِنْت الأُخْت	ibnat/bint al-ʾukht

Dates/Time

Aramaic months used in the Levant

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
January	كانون الثاني	Kānūn al-Thānī
February	شُباط	Šubāṭ
March	آذار	‘Ādār
April	نيسان	Nīsān
May	أَيّار	‘Ayyār
June	حَزيران	Ḥazīrān
July	تَمّوز	Tammūz
August	آب	‘Āb
September	أَيْلول	Aylūl
October	تِشْرين الأَوَّل	Tišrīn al-Awwal
November	تِشْرين الثاني	Tišrīn al-Thānī
December	كانون الأَوَّل	Kānūn al-Awwal

Gregorian calendar months

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English	Arabic	Pronunciatioin
January	يَنايِر	yanāyir
February	فِبْرايِر	fibrāyir
March	مارِس	māris
April	أَبْريل/إِبْريل	abrīl/ibrīl
May	مايو	māyū
June	يونيو/يونيه	yūnyū/yūnya
July	يوليو/يوليه	yūlyū/yūlia
August	أَغُسْطُس	aġustus
September	سِبْتَمْبِر	sibtambir
October	أُكْتوبَر	uktūbar
November	نوفَمْبِر	nūfambir
December	ديسَمْبِر	dīsambir

Days of the Week

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
Saturday	السَبْت	Al-sabt
Sunday	الأَحَد	Al-ʾaḥad
Monday	الاِثْنَيْن	Al-ithnayn
Tuesday	الثُلاثاء	Al-thulāthāʾ
Wednesday	الأَرْبَعاء	Al-ʾarbaʿāʾ
Thursday	الخَميس	Al-khamīs
Friday	الجُمْعَة	Al-jumʿah