| i {n} (name of the letter I, i) | :: أي {m} /ʾay/ [English], إي {m} /ʾī/ |
| I {pron} (personal pronoun) | :: أنا /ʾanā/ |
| I am {interj} (I'm) SEE: I'm | :: |
| I am blind {phrase} (I'm blind) SEE: I'm blind | :: |
| I am English {phrase} (I am English) | :: أنا إنجليزي {m} /ʾanā ʾingilīziyy/, أنا إنجليزية {f} /ʾanā ʾingilīziyya/ |
| I am hungry {phrase} (I'm hungry) SEE: I'm hungry | :: |
| I am thirsty {phrase} (I'm thirsty) SEE: I'm thirsty | :: |
| I am tired {phrase} (I'm tired) SEE: I'm tired | :: |
| I am twenty years old {phrase} (I'm twenty years old) SEE: I'm twenty years old | :: |
| I am ... year(s) old {phrase} (I'm ... year(s) old) SEE: I'm ... year(s) old | :: |
| Ibadism {n} (The doctrines associated with Ibadites.) | :: إباضية {f} /ʾibāḍiyya/ |
| Ibaraki {prop} (Ibaraki, Japan) | :: إيباراكي {m} /ʾibarākī/ |
| Iberian lynx {n} (Lynx pardinus) | :: وشق أيبيري |
| Iberian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula) | :: شبه الجزيرة الإيبيريا {f} /šibhu l-jazīra(t) al-ʾībīriyā/ |
| ibex {n} (type of wild mountain goat) | :: وعل {m} /waʿil/ |
| ibis {n} (Threskiornithid) | :: أبو منجل {m} /ʾabū minjal/ |
| Ibiza {prop} (island) | :: يابسة {f} /yābisa/, إبيثا {f} |
| Iblis {prop} ((Islam) Satan; the Devil) | :: إبليس {m} /ʾiblīs/ |
| IBM {prop} (International Business Machines) | :: آي بي إم {m} /ʾay bī ʾem/, أيبيإم {m} /ʾay bī ʾem/ |
| Ibrahim {prop} (the prophet Abraham in Islam, see also: Abraham) | :: إبراهيم {m} /ʾibrāhīm/ |
| Ibrahim {prop} (a male given name, see also: Abraham) | :: إبراهيم {m} /ʾibrāhīm/ |
| ibrik {n} (A long-spouted pitcher) | :: إبريق /ʾibrīq/ |
| -ic {suffix} (Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -ic) | :: ي /-iyy/ |
| I came, I saw, I conquered {phrase} (used to indicate a total swift victory) | :: أتيت، رأيت، انتصرت /ʾataytu, raʾaytu, intaṣartu/, جئت، رأيت، انتصرت /jiʾtu, raʾaytu, intaṣartu/ |
| ice {n} (diamond) SEE: diamond | :: |
| ice {n} (water in frozen form) | :: جليد {m} /jalīd/ |
| ice age {n} (period of extensive glaciation (glacial period)) | :: عصر جليدي {m} /ʿaṣr jalīdiyy/ |
| ice axe {n} (axe used by mountaineers to cut footholds in the ice) | :: فأس الثلج /faʾs aṯ-ṯalj/ |
| ice bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear | :: |
| iceberg {n} (huge mass of floating ice) | :: جبل جليد {m} /jabal jalīd/, جبل جليدي {m} /jabal jalīdiyy/ |
| icebox {n} (refrigerator) SEE: refrigerator | :: |
| icebreaker {n} (ship designed to break through ice) | :: كسارة جليد {f} /kassārat jalīd/ |
| ice cream {n} (dessert) | :: بوظة {f} /būẓa/, آيس كريم {m} /ʾāys kirīm/, جيلاتي {m} /jīlātiyy/, دندرمة {f} /dundurma/ |
| ice cube {n} (small piece of ice used for cooling drinks) | :: مكعب ثلج {m} /mukaʿʿabu ṯaljin/ |
| iced coffee {n} (beverage) | :: قهوة مثلجة {f} /qahwa muṯlija/ |
| iced tea {n} (cold tea) | :: شاي مثلج {m} /šāy muṯlij/ |
| ice hockey {n} (hockey) | :: هوكي الجليد {m} /hūkī l-jalīd/ |
| Iceland {prop} (country in Europe) | :: آيسلندا {f} /ʾāyslandā/, إيسلندا {f} /ʾīslandā/ |
| Icelander {n} (person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent) | :: أيسلندي {m} /ʾayslandiyy/ |
| Icelandic {n} (language) | :: أيسلندي /ʾayslandiyy/ |
| Icelandic {n} (Icelander) SEE: Icelander | :: |
| Icelandish {prop} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| Icelandish {adj} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| ichthyology {n} (branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish) | :: علم الأسماك {m} /ʿilm al-ʾasmāk/ |
| icicle {n} (a spear-shape of ice) | :: دلاة جليدية {f} /dalā(t) jalīdiyya/ |
| icon {n} (image) | :: قونة {f} /qūna/ |
| icon {n} (religious painting) | :: أيقونة {f} /ʾayqūna/, إيقونة {f} /ʾīqūna/ |
| icon {n} (small picture, computer icon) | :: أيقونة {f} /ʾayqūna/ |
| iconostasis {n} (a wall of icons) | :: حاجز الأيقوني {m} /ḥājiz al-ʾayqūniyy/ |
| -ics {suffix} (fields of knowledge or practice) | :: يات {f-p} /-iyyāt/ |
| id {n} (id) | :: هو {m} /huwa/ |
| ID {n} (identification or identity documentation) SEE: ID card | :: |
| ID card {n} (card or badge showing the official identity of the wearer) | :: بطاقة هوية {f} /biṭāqa huwiyya/ |
| idea {n} (an image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory) | :: فكرة {f} /fikra/, فكر {m} /fikr/ |
| ideal {adj} (being optimal) | :: مثالي /miṯāliyy/ |
| idealism {n} (an approach to philosophical enquiry) | :: مثالية {f} /miṯāliyya/ |
| identity {n} (the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal) | :: مطابقة {f} /muṭābaqa/ |
| identity {n} (the difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest) | :: هوية {f} /huwiyya/ |
| identity {n} (name or persona) | :: هوية {f} /huwiyya/ |
| identity card {n} (a card showing one's identity) SEE: ID card | :: |
| ideolog {n} (ideologue) SEE: ideologue | :: |
| ideologist {n} (ideologue) SEE: ideologue | :: |
| ideologue {n} (advocate of a particular ideology) | :: منظر {m} /munaẓẓir/ |
| ideology {n} (doctrine, body of ideas) | :: إيديولوجية {f} /ʾīdiyulūjiyya/ |
| IDF {prop} (Israel Defense Forces) | :: جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي |
| idiom {n} (idiomatic expression) | :: اصطلاح {m} /iṣṭilāḥ/, مصطلح {m} /muṣṭalaḥ/ |
| idiot {n} (person of low general intelligence) | :: أحمق {m} /ʾaḥmaq/, غبي {m} /ḡabiyy/, مغفل {m} /muḡaffal/ |
| idiot {adj} (idiotic) SEE: idiotic | :: |
| idiotic {adj} (pertaining to or resembling an idiot) | :: عبيط /ʿabīṭ/ |
| idle {adj} (not engaged in any occupation or employment) | :: عاطل عن العمل /ʿāṭil ʿan al-ʿamal/ |
| I'd like to kiss you {phrase} (I'd like to kiss you) | :: أريد أن أقبلك /ʾurīd ʾan ʾuqabbilak/, أريد أن أقبلك /ʾurīd ʾan ʾuqabbilik/ [to a man / to a woman] |
| I'd like to know {phrase} (phrase) | :: أريد أن أعرف /ʾurīd ʾan ʾaʿrif/, أود أن أعرف /ʾawadd ʾan ʾaʿrif/ |
| Ido {prop} (artificial language reformed from Esperanto) | :: إيدو /ʾīdū/ |
| idol {n} (representation of anything revered) | :: صنم {m} /ṣanam/, وثن {m} /waṯan/ |
| idolater {n} (one who worships idols) | :: وثني /waṯaniyy/ |
| idolator {n} (idolater) SEE: idolater | :: |
| idolize {v} (to make an idol of) | :: أله /ʾalah/ |
| I don't care {phrase} (I don't care) | :: لا يهمني /lā yahummunī/ |
| I don't eat fish {phrase} (I don't eat fish) | :: أنا لا آكل السمك /ʾanā lā ʾākal as-samak/ |
| I don't eat meat {phrase} (I don't eat meat) | :: أنا لا آكل اللحم /ʾanā lā ʾākal al-laḥm/ |
| I don't eat pork {phrase} (I don't eat pork) | :: لا آكل لحم الخنزير /lā ʾākulu laḥma l-ḵinzīri/ |
| I don't know {phrase} (I don’t know) | :: لا أعرف /lā ʾaʿrif/, لست أدري /lastu ʾadrī/, لا أعلم /lā ʾaʿlam/, لا أدري /lā ʾadrī/ |
| I don't speak English {phrase} (I don't speak English (specifically English)) | :: أنا لا أتكلم بالإنجليزية /ʾanā lā ʾatakallam bi-l-ʾinjilīziyya/ |
| I don't speak English {phrase} (I don't speak (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) | :: أنا لا أتكلم العربية /ʾanā lā ʾatakallam al-ʿarabiyya/ |
| I don't think so {phrase} (I think that what has been said is untrue) | :: لا أعتقد ذلك /lā ʾaʿtiqidu ḏālik/ |
| I don't understand {phrase} (I don't understand) | :: لا أفهم /lā ʾafham/ |
| I don't want to buy anything {phrase} (I don't want to buy anything) | :: لا أريد أن أشتري شيئا /lā ʾurīdu ʾan ʾaštariya šayʾan/ |
| i.e. {adv} (that is) | :: أي /ʾay/, يعني /yaʿnī/ |
| if {conj} (supposing that) | :: إن /ʾin/, لو /law/ |
| if and only if {conj} (implies and is implied by) | :: شرط أن /šarṭa ʾann/, فقط إذا /faqaṭ ʾiḏā/, شريطة أن /šarīṭatan ʾanna/, فقط في حالة /faqaṭ fī ḥāla/ |
| if only {conj} (signifies a wish) | :: ليت /layta/, تمنى /tamannā/ [a sentence in subjunctive mood follows] |
| iftar {n} ((Islam) the evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan) | :: إفطار {m} /ʾifṭār/ |
| igneous rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth) | :: صخر ناري {m} /ṣaḵar nāriyy/ |
| ignorance {n} (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) | :: جهل {m} /jahl/, جهالة {f} /jahāla/ |
| ignorance is bliss {proverb} (Ignorance is bliss) | :: الجهل نعيمه /al-jahl naʿīmahu/ |
| ignorant {adj} (characterized by ignorance) | :: جاهل /jāhil/ |
| ignore {v} (to deliberately pay no attention to) | :: تجاهل /tajāhala/ |
| ignosticism {n} (a philosophical position) | :: غنوسطية |
| iguana {n} (any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae) | :: إغوانا {f} /ʾiḡwānā/ |
| I hate you {phrase} (expression of intense dislike) | :: أكرهك /ʾakrahuka/ [to a male], أكرهك /ʾakrahuki/ [to a female], أكرهكم /ʾakrahukum/ [plural] |
| I have a cold {phrase} (I have a cold) | :: عندي رشح /ʿindī rašḥ/ / لدي رشح /laday rašḥ/, عندي برد /ʿindī bard/ / لدي برد /laday bard/, عندي زكام /ʿindī zukām/ / لدي زكام /laday zukām/ |
| I have a question {phrase} (I have a question) | :: عندي سؤال /ʿindī suʾāl/ |
| I have no money {phrase} (I have no money) | :: ليس لدي المال /laysa laday al-māl/ |
| ikebana {n} (Japanese art of flower arrangement) | :: إيكيبانا {f} /ʾikibānā/ |
| I know {phrase} (response indicating agreement with prior statement before it was made) | :: أنا أعرف /ʾanā ʾaʿrifu/ |
| Il Duce {prop} (title assumed by Mussolini) | :: الدوتشي {m} /al-dūtše/ |
| ileum {n} (last division of small intestine) | :: اللفائفي {m} /al-lafāʾifiyy/ |
| Ilham {prop} (male given name) | :: إلهام /ʾilhām/ |
| I like you {phrase} (I like you) | :: أنا معجب بك /ʾanā muʿjab bik/ [to a male], أنا معجب بكي /ʾanā muʿjab bikī/ [to a female]; [may mean love as well] أحبك /ʾuḥibbuka/, أحبك /ʾuḥibbak/ [to a male], أحبك /ʾuḥibbuki/, أحبك /ʾuḥibbik/ [to a female] |
| I live in Melbourne {phrase} (I live in Melbourne (example city)) | :: أسكن في ملبورن /ʾaskunu fi melborn/, أعيش في ملبورن /ʾaʿīšu fi melborn/ |
| ill {adj} (bad) SEE: bad | :: |
| ill {adj} (in poor health, suffering from a disease) | :: مريض /marīḍ/ |
| illegal {adj} (contrary to or forbidden by law) | :: غير قانوني /ḡayr qānūniyyin/ |
| illiteracy {n} (inability to read and write) | :: أمية {f} /ʾummiyya/ |
| illiterate {adj} (unable to read and write) | :: أمي /ʾummiyy/ |
| illness {n} (an instance of a disease or poor health) | :: مرض {m} /maraḍ/, داء {m} /dāʾ/ |
| illness {n} | :: مرض /maraḍ/, داء {m} /dāʾ/, سقم {m} /suqm/ |
| illusion {n} (anything that seems to be something that it is not) | :: هلوسة {f} /halwasa/, وهم {m} /wahm/, انخداع {m} /inḵidāʿ/ |
| illustrator {n} (person who draws pictures) | :: مصور {m} /muṣawwir/ |
| Illyria {prop} (region in the Balkan Peninsula) | :: إيليريا |
| I lost my keys {phrase} (I lost my keys) | :: فقدت مفاتيحي /faqadtu mafātīḥī/ |
| I lost my wallet {phrase} (I lost my wallet) | :: فقدت محفظتي /faqadtu miḥfaẓatī/ |
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of affection or deep caring) | :: أحبك /ʾuḥibbuka/ [to a male]; أحبك /ʾuḥibbuki/ [to a female] |
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of romantic feeling) | :: أحبك /ʾuḥibbuka/, أحبك /ʾuḥibbak/ [to a male], أحبك /ʾuḥibbuki/, أحبك /ʾuḥibbik/ [to a female], أنا أحبك /ʾanā ʾuḥibbuka/, أنا أحبك /ʾanā ʾuḥibbak/ [to a male], أنا أحبك /ʾanā ʾuḥibbuki/, أنا أحبك /ʾanā ʾuḥibbik/ [to a female] |
| I'm {contraction} (I am) | :: أنا ... /ʾanā .../; أكون /ʾakūnu/ [verb كان /kān/ is rarely used in the present tense] |
| I'm a Catholic {phrase} (I'm a Catholic) | :: أنا كاثوليكي {m} /ʾanā kāṯūlīkiyy/ |
| I'm a Christian {phrase} (I'm a Christian) | :: أنا مسيحي {m} /ʾanā masīḥiyy/, أنا مسيحية {f} /ʾanā masīḥiyya/ |
| image {n} (graphical representation) | :: صورة {f} /ṣūra/ |
| imaginary {adj} (existing in the imagination) | :: خيالي /ḵiyyāliyy/ |
| imagination {n} (image-making power of the mind) | :: خيال {m} /ḵayyāl/ |
| imagination {n} (mental image) | :: صورة ذهنية /ṣūra(t) ḏihniyya/ |
| imaginative {adj} (tending to be fanciful) | :: خيالي |
| imagine {v} ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) | :: تخيل /taḵayyala/ |
| I'm allergic to pollen {phrase} (I'm allergic to pollen) | :: عندي حساسية من حبوب اللقاح /ʿindī hassāsiyya min hunūb al-liqāʿ/ |
| imam {n} (Muslim leader) | :: إمام {m} /ʾimām/ |
| imamate {n} (office or jurisdiction of an imam) | :: إمامة {f} /ʾimāma/ |
| I'm a Muslim {phrase} (I'm a Muslim) | :: أنا مسلم {m} /ʾanā muslim/, أنا مسلمة {f} /ʾanā muslima/ |
| I'm an atheist {phrase} (I'm an atheist) | :: أنا ملحد {m} /ʾanā mulḥid/, أنا ملحدة {f} /ʾanā mulḥida/ |
| I'm a Protestant {phrase} (I'm a Protestant) | :: أنا بروتستانتي {m} /ʾanā burūtistāntiyy/ |
| I'm ashamed {phrase} (I'm ashamed) | :: أنا خزيان {m} /ʾanā ḵazyān/, أنا خزيانة {f} /ʾanā ḵazyāna/, أنا خجل {m} /ʾanā ḵajil/, أنا خجلة {f} /ʾanā ḵajila/ |
| I'm a vegetarian {phrase} (I'm a vegetarian) | :: أنا نباتي {m} /ʾanā nabātiyy/, أنا نباتية {f} /ʾanā nabātiyya/ |
| I'm bleeding {phrase} (I'm bleeding) | :: أنا أنزف /ʾanā ʾanzaf/ |
| I'm blind {phrase} (I'm blind) | :: أنا أعمى {m} /ʾanā ʾaʿmā/, أنا عمياء {f} /ʾanā ʿamyāʾ/ |
| imburse {v} (to save, to store up) SEE: save | :: |
| imburse {v} (to give money to) SEE: fund | :: |
| imburse {v} (to pay back money that is owed) SEE: refund | :: |
| I'm cold {phrase} (I'm cold) | :: أنا بردان {m} /ʾanā bardān/, أنا بردانة {f} /ʾanā bardāna/ |
| I'm deaf {phrase} (I'm deaf) | :: أنا أصم {m} /ʾanā ʾaṣamm/, أنا صماء {f} /ʾanā ṣammāʾ/ |
| I'm dying {phrase} (I'm dying) | :: أنا أموت /ʾanā ʾamūt/ |
| I mean {particle} (delaying filler) | :: يعني |
| I mean {particle} (indicating approximation or uncertainty) | :: يعني |
| I'm fine {phrase} (response) | :: بخير /bi-ḵayr/ |
| I'm fine, thank you {phrase} (expected, polite response to How are you?) | :: بخير الحمد لله /bi-ḵayr al-ḥamdu li-llāh/ (good, praise God) |
| I'm gay {phrase} (I'm gay) | :: أنا مثلي {m} /ʾanā miṯliyy/, أنا مثلية {f} /ʾanā miṯliyya/ |
| I'm hot {phrase} (I'm hot) | :: أنا حران {m} /ʾanā ḥarrān/, أنا حرانة {f} /ʾanā ḥarrāna/ |
| Imhotep {prop} | :: إمحوتب {m} |
| I'm hungry {phrase} (I'm hungry) | :: أنا جائع {m} /ʾanā jāʾiʿ/, أنا جائعة {f} /ʾanā jāʾiʿa/ |
| I'm in love with you {phrase} (declaration of romantic feeling) | :: أحبك /ʾuḥibbuka/ [to a man], أحبك /ʾuḥibbuki/ [to a woman] |
| I miss you {phrase} (I miss you) | :: اشتقت لك {m} /ištaqtu lak/, اشتقت لك {f} /ištaqtu lik/ |
| I'm Jewish {phrase} (I'm Jewish (ethnic)) | :: أنا يهودي {m} /ʾanā yahūdiyy/, أنا يهودية {f} /ʾanā yahūdiyya/ |
| I'm Jewish {phrase} (I'm Jewish (religious)) | :: أنا يهودي {m} /ʾanā yahūdiyy/, أنا يهودية {f} /ʾanā yahūdiyya/ |
| I'm looking for a job {phrase} (I'm looking for a job) | :: أنا أبحث عن عمل /ʾanā ʾabḥaṯ ʿan ʿamal/ |
| I'm lost {phrase} (I'm lost) | :: أنا تائه {m} /ʾanā tāʾih/, أنا تائهة {f} /ʾanā tāʾiha/ |
| I'm married {phrase} (I'm married) | :: أنا متزوج {m} /ʾanā mutazawwij/, أنا متزوجة {f} /ʾanā mutazawwija/ |
| immediate {adj} (without delay) | :: فوري /fawriyy/ |
| immediately {adv} (in an immediate manner) | :: فورا /fawran/, حالا /ḥālan/, مباشرة /mubāšaratan/ |
| immense {adj} (huge, gigantic, very large) | :: عملاق /ʿimlāq/ |
| immerse {v} (to put under the surface of a liquid) | :: يضع تحت سطح الماء أو يتعمق في موضوع\دراسة |
| immigrant {n} (person who comes to a country to settle) | :: مهاجر {m} /muhājir/ |
| immigration {n} (the act of immigrating) | :: هجرة {f} /hijra/ |
| imminent {adj} (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon) | :: على وشك الوقوع , وشيك |
| immortal {adj} (not susceptible to death) | :: خالد {m} /ḵālid/ |
| immovable property {n} (real estate) SEE: real estate | :: |
| immunity {n} (the quality of being resistant to infection) | :: حصانة {f} /ḥaṣāna/, مناعة {f} /manāʿa/ |
| I'm mute {phrase} (I'm mute) | :: أنا أخرس {m} /ʾanā ʾaḵras/ |
| impalement {n} (act of torturing) | :: خوزقة |
| impasse {n} (deadlock or stalemate situation) | :: مأزق |
| impatience {n} (quality of being impatient) | :: نفاد صبر {m} /nafād ṣabr/ |
| impeachment {n} (act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct) | :: طعن {m} /ṭaʿn/ |
| imperative {adj} (essential) | :: أساسي /ʾasāsiyy/, ضروري /ḍarūriyy/ |
| imperative {n} (imperative mood) SEE: imperative mood | :: |
| imperative mood {n} (imperative mood) | :: صيغة الأمر {f} /ṣīḡatu l-ʾamr/ |
| imperfect {n} (past tense) | :: ناقص-غير كامل |
| imperialism {n} (the policy of extending power, by force) | :: إمبريالية {f} /ʾimbiryāliyya/, استعمارية {f} /istiʿmāriyya/ |
| imperious {adj} (domineering, overbearing) | :: آمر /ʾāmir/ |
| imperium {n} (sovereignty) SEE: sovereignty | :: |
| implement {v} (bring about) | :: نفذ /naffaḏa/, نجز /najaza/, حقق /ḥaqqaqa/ |
| implementation {n} (process of moving an idea from concept to reality) | :: تنفيذ {m} /tanfīḏ/ |
| implore {v} (to beg for) | :: رجا /rajā/ |
| imply {v} (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement) | :: انطوى /inṭawā/ |
| impolite {adj} (not polite) | :: وقح /waqiḥ/ |
| import {n} (practice of importing) | :: استيراد {m} /istīrād/ |
| import {v} (to bring in from a foreign country) | :: استورد /istawrada/ |
| importance {n} (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) | :: أهمية {f} /ʾahammiyya/ |
| important {adj} (having relevant and crucial value) | :: مهم /muhimm/ |
| importantness {n} (importance) SEE: importance | :: |
| importer {n} (a person or company who imports goods into a country) | :: مستورد {m} /mustawrid/, مستوردة {f} /mustawrida/ |
| impossible {adj} (not able to be done) | :: مستحيل /mustaḥīl/ |
| impossible {n} (an impossibility) | :: مستحيل /mustaḥīl/ |
| impostorism {n} (impostor syndrome) SEE: impostor syndrome | :: |
| impostor syndrome {n} (psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize accomplishments) | :: متلازمة المحتال |
| impotence {n} (erectile dysfunction) | :: عنانة {f} /ʿanāna/, عنة {f} /ʿunna/ |
| impoverish {v} (to make poor) | :: أفقر /ʾafqar/ |
| impoverished {adj} (with no possessions or money) SEE: poor | :: |
| I'm pregnant {phrase} (I'm pregnant) | :: أنا حامل /ʾanā ḥāmil/, أنا حبلى /ʾanā ḥublā/ |
| impregnation {n} (act of making pregnant) | :: تلقيح /talqīḥ/ |
| impression {n} (overall effect of something) | :: انطباع /inṭibāʿ/, أثر {m} /ʾaṯar/ |
| imprison {v} (put in prison) | :: حبس /ḥabasa/, سجن /sajana/ |
| imprisonment {n} (confinement) | :: حبس {m} /ḥabs/, سجن {m} /sajn/ |
| improve {v} (to make something better) | :: حسن /ḥassana/ |
| improve {v} (to become better) | :: تحسن /taḥassana/ |
| improvise {v} (to make something up as one goes on) | :: إرتجل |
| I'm scared {phrase} (I'm scared) | :: أنا خائف {m} /ʾanā ḵāʾif/, أنا خائفة {f} /ʾanā ḵāʾifa/ |
| I'm sick {phrase} (I'm sick/ill) | :: أنا مريض {m} /ʾanā marīḍ/, أنا مريضة {f} /ʾanā marīḍa/ |
| I'm single {phrase} (I'm single) | :: أنا أعزب {m} /ʾanā ʾaʿzab/, أنا أعزبة {f} /ʾanā ʾaʿzaba/ |
| I'm sorry {phrase} (I'm sorry) | :: أنا آسف {m} /ʾanā ʾāsif/, أنا آسفة {f} /ʾanā ʾāsifa/, آسف {m} /ʾāsif/, آسفة {f} /ʾāsifa/ |
| I'm thirsty {phrase} (I need a drink) | :: أنا عطشان {m} /ʾanā ʿaṭšān/, أنا عطشانة {f} /ʾanā ʿaṭšāna/ |
| I'm tired {phrase} (I am tired (in need of rest or sleep)) | :: أنا تعبان {m} /ʾanā taʿbān/, أنا تعبانة {f} /ʾanā taʿbāna/, أنا متعب {m} /ʾanā mutʿab/, أنا متعبة {f} /ʾanā mutʿaba/ |
| I'm twenty years old {phrase} (I am twenty years old) | :: عمري عشرين سنة /ʿumrī ʿišrīna sanatan/ |
| I must go {phrase} (I must go) | :: يجب أن أذهب /yajibu ʾan ʾaḏhab/, لا بد أن أذهب /lā budda ʾan ʾaḏhab/ |
| I'm ... year(s) old {phrase} (I am ... year(s) old) | :: عمري ... سنة /ʿumrī ... sana/, عمري ... سنة /ʿumrī ... sanatan/ [11 and over]; عمري ... سنوات /ʿumrī ... sanawāt/ [3-10]; عمري سنة /ʿumrī sana/ [1 year old]; عمري سنتين /ʿumrī sanatayn/ [2 - dual] |
| in {prep} (contained by) | :: في /fī/ |
| in {prep} (surrounded by) | :: في /fī/ |
| in {prep} (part, member of) | :: من /min/ |
| in {prep} (after a period of time) | :: بعد /baʿda/ |
| in {prep} | :: ب /bi-/ |
| in addition {adv} (also; as well) | :: إضافة على ذلك |
| inasmuch as {conj} (since) | :: بقدر ما /biqadr mā/ |
| in between {prep} (between) | :: بين /bayn/ |
| in between {prep} (in the space between) | :: في ما بين /fī mā bayn/ |
| in-between {adj} (Lying between) | :: بين بين /bayna bayna/ |
| inbox {n} (container) | :: صندوق الوارد {m} /ṣundūq al-wārid/ |
| inbox {n} (electronic folder) | :: صندوق الوارد {m} /ṣundūq al-wārid/, علبة الوارد {f} /ʿulba(t) al-wārid/ |
| in broad daylight {prep} | :: في وضح النهار /fī waḍaḥ an-nahār/ |
| incandescent {n} (incandescent lamp) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| incapable {adj} (not being capable) | :: عاجز {m} /ʿājiz/ |
| incarnate {adj} (flesh-colored) SEE: crimson | :: |
| incarnate {v} (to make carnal) | :: جسد /jassada/ |
| incarnation {n} | :: تجسد {m} /tajassad/ |
| in case {conj} (Because event X might occur) | :: في حال /fī ḥāl/ |
| in case of {prep} (in the event of) | :: في حال /fī ḥāl/, إذ ما /ʾiḏ mā/ |
| incendiary {adj} (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion) | :: تحريضي /taḥrīḍiyy/ |
| incense {n} (A perfume often used in the rites of various religions) | :: بخور {m} /baḵwur/ |
| inception {n} (the creation or beginning of something) | :: استهلال /istihlāl/ |
| incest {n} (sexual relations between close relatives) | :: زنا محارم /zinā maḥārim/, سفاح القربى {m} /sifāḥ al-qurbā/ |
| inch {n} (unit of length) | :: بوصة {f} /būṣa/, شبر {m} /šibr/ |
| Incheon {prop} (a city in South Korea) | :: إنشيون {m} /ʾinšyūn/ |
| incident {n} (event or occurrence) | :: حادث {m} /ḥādiṯ/, حادثة {f} /ḥādiṯa/, واقعة {f} /wāqiʿa/ |
| incidentally {adv} (in an incidental manner) | :: على فكرة |
| incisor {n} (tooth) | :: قاطعة {f} /qāṭiʿa/ |
| include {v} (to contain, as part of a whole) | :: تضمن /taḍammana/ |
| include {v} | :: ضم /ḍamm/ |
| including {prep} (Such as, among which) | :: شامل /šāmil/ |
| income tax {n} (tax levied on income) | :: ضريبة الدخل {f} /ḍarībat ad-daḵl/ |
| inconspicuous {adj} (not prominent or easily noticeable) | :: غير ظاهر /ḡayru ẓāhir/ |
| incontinence {n} (inability to restrain discharge) | :: سلس /salas/ |
| incontrovertibly {adv} (in incontrovertible manner) | :: بلا نزاع /bilā nizāʿ/, لا يقبل الجدل /lā yaqbal al-jadal/ |
| incorporate {v} (include as a part or ingredient) | :: دمج /damaja/ |
| incorrigible {adj} (incurably depraved) | :: عنيد /ʿanīd/ |
| increase {v} (become larger) | :: ازداد /izdād/, زاد /zāda/, كبر /kabur/ |
| increase {v} (make larger) | :: زاد /zād/ |
| increase {n} (increased amount) | :: زيادة /ziyāda/ |
| increase {n} (act of becoming larger) | :: ارتفاع {m} /irtifāʿ/, ازدياد {m} /izdiyād/ |
| incubus {n} (an evil spirit) | :: كابوس {m} /kābūs/ |
| incubus {n} (a nightmare) | :: كابوس, حلم |
| incubus {n} (oppressive thing or person; a burden) | :: باروك {m} /bārūk/ |
| incur {v} (to expose oneself to something inconvenient) | :: كبد /kabbada/ |
| incur {v} (to render liable or subject to; to occasion) | :: كبد /kabbada/ |
| incursion {n} (aggressive movement) | :: توغل |
| incus {n} (anvil) SEE: anvil | :: |
| in danger {prep} (in a dangerous position) | :: في خطر /fī ḵaṭarin/ |
| indefatigable {adj} (extremely persistent and untiring) | :: لا يتعب /lā yatʿabu/ |
| indefinite {adj} ((linguistics) designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing) | :: نكرة {f} /nakira/ |
| independence {n} (state or quality of being independent) | :: استقلال {m} /istiqlāl/ |
| Independence Day {n} (annual celebration) | :: يوم الاستقلال {m} /yawm al-istiqlāl/, عيد الاستقلال {m} /ʿīd al-istiqlāl/ |
| Independence Day {prop} (holiday) | :: يوم الاستقلال {m} /yawm al-istiqlāl/ |
| independent {adj} (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) | :: مستقل /mustaqil/, حر /ḥurr/ |
| in detail {adv} (with all particulars) | :: بالتفصيل /bi-t-tafṣīl/, تفصيلا /tafṣīlan/ |
| index {n} (alphabetical listing of items) | :: دليل {m} /dalīl/ |
| index {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| index finger {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| India {prop} (the country) | :: الهند {f} /al-hind/ |
| Indian {adj} (of or pertaining to India) | :: هندي /hindiyy/ |
| Indian {n} (a person from India) | :: هندي {m} /hindiyy/, هندية {f} /hindiyya/ |
| Indianapolis {prop} (capital of the State of Indiana, USA) | :: إنديانابوليس /ʾindiyānābūlīs/ |
| Indian fig {n} (prickly pear) SEE: prickly pear | :: |
| Indian gooseberry {n} (amla) SEE: amla | :: |
| Indian myna {n} | :: مينة شائعة |
| Indian Ocean {prop} (the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica) | :: المحيط الهندي {m} /al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy/ |
| Indian summer {n} (stretch of warm days in autumn) | :: صيف هندي /ṣayf hindiyy/ |
| Indic {prop} (the Indic language group) SEE: Indo-Aryan | :: |
| indicate {v} (to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known) | :: دل على /dalla ʿalā/, رمز إلى /ramaza ʾilā/, ذكر /ḏakara/ |
| indicative mood {n} (indicative mood) | :: مرفوع {m} /marfūʿ/ |
| indicator {n} (meter or gauge) | :: مؤشر {m} /muʾaššir/ |
| indigestion {n} (condition caused by eating too quickly) | :: عسر الهضم /ʿusr al-haḍam/ |
| indigo {n} (colour) | :: اللون النيلي /al-lawn an-nīliyy/ |
| indigo {adj} (colour) | :: نيلي /nīliyy/ |
| indium {n} (metallic chemical element) | :: إنديوم {m} /ʾindiyum/ |
| individual {n} (person considered alone) | :: فرد {m} /fard/ |
| individualism {n} (moral stance) | :: فردانية /firdanya/ |
| individuality {n} (person) SEE: person | :: |
| Indo-Aryan {prop} (family of languages) | :: هندي-آري /hindiyy-ʾāriyy/ |
| Indochina {prop} (part of Southeast Asia) | :: الهند الصينية {f} /al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya/ |
| indoctrinate {v} (teach) SEE: teach | :: |
| Indo-European {adj} (of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia) | :: هندي-أوروبي /hindiyy-ʾurūbiyy/ |
| Indonesia {prop} (country) | :: إندونيسيا {f} /ʾindūnīsiyā/ |
| Indonesian {adj} (referring to Indonesia) | :: إندونيسي /ʾindūnīsiyy/ |
| Indonesian {n} (person) | :: إندونيسي {m} /ʾindūnīsiyy/, إندونيسية {f} /ʾindūnīsiyya/ |
| Indonesian {n} (language) | :: إندونيسية {f} /ʾindūnīsiyya/ |
| in doubt {adv} (unclear as to what to do) | :: في شك /fī šakkin/, في ريب /fī raybin/ |
| indri {n} (Indri indri) | :: إندري شائع |
| induced abortion {n} (procedure that terminates pregnancy by removing the fetus) SEE: abortion | :: |
| Indus {prop} (the river) | :: نهر السند {m} /nahr al-sind/ |
| industrial espionage {n} (use of clandestine methods to acquire secret information for commercial advantage) | :: تجسس صناعي {m} /tajassus ṣināʿiyy/ |
| industrious {adj} (hard-working and persistent) | :: مجتهد /mujtahid/ |
| industry {n} (businesses of the same type) | :: صناعة {f} /ṣināʿa/ |
| industry {n} (businesses that produce goods) | :: صناعة {f} /ṣināʿa/ |
| indweller {n} (inhabitant) SEE: inhabitant | :: |
| I need ... {phrase} (I need ... (something)) | :: أنا بحاجة ل... /ʾanā bi-ḥāja li-.../, أحتاج ... /ʾaḥtāju .../ |
| I need to vomit {phrase} (I need to vomit) | :: يجب أن أتقيأ /yajibu ʾan ʾataqayyaʾ/, أريد أن أتقيأ /ʾurīdu ʾan ʾataqayyaʾ/ |
| inertia {n} (unwillingness to take action) | :: عطالة {f} /'atālah/ |
| Inevitable {prop} (56th sura of the Qur'an) | :: سورة الواقعة |
| inexpugnable {adj} (impregnable, unconquerable) | :: منيع /manīʿ/ |
| in fact {prep} (actually, in truth) | :: في الحقيقة /fī l-ḥaqīqa/ |
| infant {n} (very young human being) | :: رضيع {m} /raḍīʿ/ |
| infantry {n} (soldiers who fight on foot) | :: مشاة {m-p} /mušāh/ |
| infect {v} (to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness) | :: عادى /ʿādā/ |
| infection {n} (the process of infecting) | :: عدوى /ʿadawā/ |
| infection {n} (uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host) | :: عدوى /ʿadwā/ |
| infectious disease {n} (disease) | :: مرض معد {m} /maraḍ muʿdin/ |
| inferno {n} (place or situation resembling Hell) | :: جحيم /jaḥīm/, جهنم {m} /jahannam/ |
| inferno {n} (large fire) | :: جحيم {f} /jaḥīm/, سعير /saʿīr/ |
| infertile {adj} (not fertile) | :: عقيم /ʿaqīm/ |
| infidel {n} (non-believer) | :: كافر /kāfir/ |
| infidelity {n} (unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation) | :: خيانة {f} /ḵiyāna/ |
| infidelity {n} (lack of religious belief) | :: كفر {m} /kufr/, زندقة {f} /zandaqa/ |
| infinite {adj} | :: لا نهائي /lā nihāʾiyy/ |
| infinitive {n} (uninflected verb form) | :: مصدر {m} /maṣdar/ [verbal noun] |
| inflammation {n} (medical condition) | :: التهاب {m} /iltihāb/ |
| inflammatory {adj} (tending to inflame or provoke) | :: تحريضي /taḥrīḍiyy/ |
| inflate {v} (to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) | :: نفخ /nafaḵa/ |
| inflate {v} (to enlarge by filling with gas) | :: نفخ /nafaḵa/ |
| inflated {adj} (filled with air) | :: منفوخ /manfūḵ/ |
| inflation {n} (increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living) | :: تضخم {m} /taḍaḵḵum/ |
| influence {n} (power to affect, control or manipulate) | :: نفوذ {m} /nafūḏ/ |
| influence {n} (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change) | :: تأثير {m} /taʾṯīr/ |
| influence {n} | :: تأثير |
| influence {v} (transitive: to exert an influence upon) | :: أثر /ʾaṯṯara/ |
| influenza {n} (an acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs) | :: إنفلونزا {f} /ʾinfluwanzā/ |
| inform {v} (to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)) | :: بلغ /ballaḡa/, أبلغ /ʾablaḡa/, أخبر /ʾaḵbara/ |
| information {n} (communicable knowledge) | :: معلومات {f-p} /maʿlūmāt/, معلومة {f} /maʿlūma/ |
| information science {n} (science) | :: علم المعلومات {m} |
| information technology {n} (the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications) | :: تقنية المعلومات {f} /tiqniyyat al-maʿlūmāt/, تكنولوجيا المعلومات {f} /tiknulūjiyā l-maʿlūmāt/ |
| information theory {n} (branch of applied mathematics) | :: نظرية المعلومات |
| infrared {adj} (having the wavelength in the infrared) | :: تحت الحمراء /taḥta l-ḥamrāʾ/ |
| infringement {n} (violation) | :: مساس {m} /misās/ |
| in front of {prep} (at or near the front part of) | :: أمام /ʾamāma/, قدام /quddāma/, بين يدي /bayna yaday/ [archaic] |
| in front of {prep} (in the presence of someone) | :: أمام /ʾamāma/ |
| in front of {prep} (located before (something else)) | :: أمام /ʾamāma/ |
| in general {adv} (generally) SEE: generally | :: |
| ingenious {adj} (displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent) | :: عبقري /ʿabqariyy/ |
| ingenious {adj} (characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived) | :: عبقري /ʿabqariyy/ |
| ingeniousness {n} (the condition of being ingenious) | :: عبقرية {f} /ʿabqariyya/ |
| Ingram {prop} (male given name) | :: إنجرام /ʾingrām/ |
| ingratiate {v} (get someone's favor, especially through flattery) | :: تملق /tamallaqa/ |
| ingredient {n} (substance present in a mixture) | :: مقوم {m} /muqawwim/ |
| Ingushetia {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: إنغوشيتيا {f} /ʾinḡūšītiyā/ |
| inhabit {v} (to live or reside in some place) | :: أقام /ʾaqām/, قطن /qaṭan/, سكن /sakan/ |
| inhabitant {n} (someone or thing who lives in a place) | :: ساكن {m} /sākin/, ساكنة {f} /sākina/, سكان {p} /sukkān/, أهل /ʾahl/ [collectively] |
| inhalation {n} (the act of inhaling) | :: شهيق {m} /šahīq/ |
| inhale {v} (to draw air into the lungs) | :: شهق /šahaqa/ |
| in half {prep} (fifty-fifty) SEE: fifty-fifty | :: |
| inherent {adj} (natural part or consequence) | :: متأصل /mutaʾaṣṣil/ |
| inherit {v} (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.) | :: ورث /waraṯa/ |
| inheritor {n} (heir) SEE: heir | :: |
| inhumane {adj} (cruel and savage, not humane) | :: غير إنساني /ḡayr ʾinsāniyy/ |
| initial {n} (first letter of a word) | :: حرف أولي {m} /ḥarf ʾawwaliyy/ |
| initiate {n} (A new member of an organization) | :: عضو جديد |
| initiate {v} (To do the first act) | :: بادر /bādara/ |
| initiative {n} (the ability to act first or on one's own) | :: مبادرة /mubādara/ |
| initiator {n} (one who initiates) | :: مبادر /mubādir/ |
| injera {n} (bread made from teff) | :: إينجيرا {f} /ʾinjerā/, إينجيرا {f} /ʾinjīrā/ |
| injure {v} (to wound or cause physical harm) | :: جرح /jaraḥa/ |
| injury {n} (wound) SEE: wound | :: |
| injury {n} (damage or violation) | :: جرح {m} /jurḥ/, إصابة {f} /ʾiṣāba/ |
| injustice {n} (absence of justice) | :: ظلم {m} /ẓulm/, جور /jawr/ |
| injustice {n} (violation of the rights of another) | :: ظلم {m} /ẓulm/, جور {m} /jawr/ |
| ink {n} (coloured fluid used for writing) | :: حبر /ḥibr/, مداد /midād/ |
| ink bottle {n} (inkwell) SEE: inkwell | :: |
| in keeping with {prep} (in accordance with) | :: تماشيا مع /tamāšiyan maʿa/, تبعا ل /tabaʿan li-/ |
| in-kind {adj} (consisting of goods or commodities) | :: عيني /ʿayniyy/ |
| inkling {n} (desire, inclination) SEE: desire | :: |
| inkpot {n} (inkwell) SEE: inkwell | :: |
| inkstand {n} (Small tray containin pens and an inkwell) | :: دواة {f} /dawāh/ |
| inkstone {n} (stone mortar) | :: حجر حبر {m} /ḥajar ḥabr/ |
| inkwell {n} (container for ink) | :: دواة {f} /dawāh/ |
| in-law {n} (father-in-law) SEE: father-in-law | :: |
| in-law {n} (mother-in-law) SEE: mother-in-law | :: |
| in lieu of {prep} (instead; in place of; as a substitute for) | :: بدلا من /badalan min/ |
| in light of {prep} (given, considering) | :: على ضوء /ʿalā ḍawʾ/ |
| in my opinion {prep} (according to me) | :: في رأيي /fī raʾyī/, لرأيي /li-raʾyī/, في ظني /fī ẓannī/ |
| inn {n} (lodging) | :: خان {m} /ḵān/, إستراحة {f} /ʾistirāḥa/ |
| inn {n} (tavern) SEE: tavern | :: |
| inner {adj} (being or occurring inside) | :: داخلى {m} |
| Inner Mongolia {prop} (autonomous region in northern China) | :: منغوليا الداخلية {f} /munḡūliyā d-dāḵiliyya/ |
| innocence {n} (absence of responsibility for a crime) | :: براءة {f} /barāʾa/ |
| innocent {adj} (pure, free from sin, untainted) | :: بريء {m} /barīʾ/, بريئة {f} /barīʾa/ |
| innocent {adj} (not legally responsible for a wrongful act) | :: بريء /barīʾ/, بريئة {f} /barīʾa/ |
| innocent {adj} (naive, artless) | :: بريء /barīʾ/ |
| innuendo {n} (A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation) | :: تلميح {m} /talmīḥ/ |
| in on {adj} (Part of or privy to) | :: جزء من /juzʾan min/ |
| in order {adv} (for the purpose of) SEE: in order to | :: |
| in order to {phrase} (as a means of achieving the specified aim) | :: لكي /li-kay/, ل /li/, حتى /ḥattā/ |
| in other words {prep} (stated or interpreted another way) | :: وبعبارة أخرى /wa-bi-ʿibāra ʾuḵrā/ |
| in place of {prep} (in place of) | :: مكان /makāna/, بدلا من /badalan min/ |
| in private {prep} (privately) | :: بخصوصية /biḵaṣūṣiyya/ |
| inquire {v} (to ask about something) | :: استعلم /istaʿlama/, سأل /saʾala/ |
| in relation to {prep} (concerning; in reference to) | :: بالنسبة إلى /bi-n-nisba ʾilā/ |
| in relation to {prep} (by comparison with, compared with) | :: بالمقارنة مع /bi-l-muqārana maʿa/, مقارنة مع /muqāranatan maʿa/ |
| in retrospect {prep} (as can be seen now but was not seen at the outset) | :: في وقت لاحق /fī waqt lāḥiq/ |
| insane {adj} (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind) | :: مجنون /majnūn/, مخبول /maḵbūl/ |
| insane asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| insanity {n} (state of being insane) | :: الجنون |
| inscription {n} (carved text) | :: نقش /naqš/ |
| inscription {n} (text on a coin) | :: نقش {m} /naqš/ |
| inscrutable {adj} (difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret) | :: غامض /ḡāmiḍ/, غلق /ḡaliq/, مبهم /mubham/, مستغلق /mustaḡliq/ |
| in secret {prep} (secretly) SEE: secretly | :: |
| insect {n} (arthropod of class Insecta) | :: حشرة {f} /ḥašara/ |
| inseminate {v} (to disperse or plant seds) SEE: sow | :: |
| insemination {n} (act of making pregnant) | :: تخصيب {m} /taḵṣīb/ |
| insert {v} (put in between or into) | :: أدخل /ʾadḵala/ |
| inshallah {interj} (God willing (Islam)) | :: إن شاء الله /ʾin šāʾa llāh/ |
| inside {n} (interior or inner part) | :: داخل /dāḵil/ |
| inside {adj} | :: في /fī/ |
| inside {adv} (within the interior) | :: في بطن /fī baṭn/, ضمن /ḍimn/, داخل /dāḵil/ |
| inside {prep} (within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference) | :: داخل /dāḵil/ |
| inside job {n} | :: سوء استغلال الوظيفة |
| insist {v} (to hold up a claim emphatically) | :: إصر /ʾiṣarra/ |
| insofar {adv} (to such a degree or extent) | :: طالما /ṭālamā/ |
| insofar as {conj} (to the extent that) | :: على قدر ما /ʿalā qadri mā/, بقدر ما /biqadri mā/ |
| insolation {n} (medicine: sunstroke) SEE: sunstroke | :: |
| insolvency {n} (the condition of being insolvent) | :: إعسار {m} /ʾiʿsār/, إعسار مالي {m} /ʾiʿsār māliyy/ |
| insomnia {n} (sleeping disorder) | :: أرق {m} /ʾaraq/ |
| inspection {n} (the act of examining something, often closely) | :: تفقد {m} /tafaqqud/ |
| inspection pit {n} (grease pit) SEE: grease pit | :: |
| inspector {n} (police officer ranking below superintendent) | :: مفتش {m} /mufattiš/ |
| inspire {v} (to inhale) SEE: inhale | :: |
| inspire {v} | :: ألهم /ʾalhama/ |
| in spite of {prep} (despite) | :: رغم أن /raḡm ʾanna/, رغم أن /ruḡm ʾanna/ |
| Instagram {prop} (online photo-sharing service) | :: إنستقرام {m} /ʾinstaqrām/, إنستغرام {m} /ʾinstaḡrām/ |
| install {v} (set something up for use) | :: ركب /rakkaba/ |
| instant {n} (period of time) | :: لحظة {f} /laḥẓa/ |
| instantaneously {adv} (Without any delay) | :: آنيا /anian/ |
| instant coffee {n} (beverage) | :: قهوة فورية {f} /qahwa fawriyya/ |
| instead {adv} (in the place of (it)) | :: بدلا من /badalan min/ |
| instead of {prep} (in lieu of; in place of; rather than) | :: بدلا من /badalan min/ |
| instigate {v} (to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite) | :: حرض /ḥaraḍa/, دفع /dafaʿa/ |
| instinct {n} (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour) | :: غريزة {f} /ḡarīza/, سليقة {f} /salīqa/, فطرة {f} /fiṭra/ |
| institute {n} (college) | :: معهد {m} /maʿhad/ |
| institute {v} (to begin or initiate something) | :: أنشأ |
| institution {n} (established organisation) | :: مؤسسة {f} /muʾassasa/ |
| instruction {n} (act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information) | :: تعليم {m} /taʿlīm/ |
| instructor {n} (one who instructs; a teacher) | :: معلم {m} /muʿallim/ |
| instrument {n} (musical device) | :: الة موسيقية |
| instrument {n} (tool) | :: آلة {f} /ʾāla/, أداة {f} /ʾadāh/ |
| insulin {n} (polypeptide hormone) | :: إنسولين {m} /ʾinsulin/ |
| insult {v} (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)) | :: أهان /ʾahāna/ |
| insult {n} (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude) | :: إهانة {f} /ʾihāna/ |
| insurance {n} (indemnity) | :: تأمين {m} /taʾmīn/ |
| insurance {n} (business) | :: تأمين {m} /taʾmīn/ |
| insurgent {n} (rebel) | :: متمرد {m} /mutamarrid/, ثائر {m} /ṯāʾir/, عاص {m} /ʿāṣin/, عصاة {p} /ʿuṣāh/ |
| intangible cultural heritage {n} (traditions recognized by UNESCO) | :: تراث ثقافي غير مادي |
| integer {n} (a number that is not a fraction) | :: عدد صحيح {m} /ʿadad ṣaḥīḥ/ |
| intel {n} (intelligence) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| Intel {prop} (Transliterations and translations) | :: إنتل {m} /ʾintal/ |
| intellectual {adj} (spiritual) SEE: spiritual | :: |
| intellectual property {n} (product of someone's intellect) | :: ملكية فكرية {f} /milkiyya(t) fikriyya/ |
| intelligence {n} (capacity of mind) | :: ذكاء {m} /ḏakāʾ/, عقل {m} /ʿaql/ |
| intelligence {n} (information about the enemy) | :: معلومات {f-p} /maʿlūmāt/ |
| intelligence {n} (a department, agency or unit designed to gather such information) | :: جهاز المخابرات {m} /jihāz al-muḵābarāt/ |
| intelligence agency {n} (governmental agency devoted to information gathering) | :: وكالة استخبار {f} /wakālat istiḵbār/ |
| intelligent {adj} (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright) | :: ذكي {m} /ḏakiyy/ |
| intelligent design {prop} (intelligent design / Intelligent Design) | :: التصميم الذكي {m} /at-taṣmīm aḏ-ḏakiyy/ |
| intelligentsia {n} (intellectual élite) | :: أنتليجنسيا {f} /ʾantilijinsyā/, أنتليجنسيا {f} /ʾantiliginsyā/, أهل الفكر {m} /ʾahl al-fakr/ |
| intelligible {adj} (capable of being understood) | :: بائن /bāʾin/, بين, مبين /mubīn/, متضح, متجل /mutajalin/, وضاح /waḍḍāḥ/ |
| intend {v} (to fix the mind upon a goal) | :: تعمد /taʿammada/, نوى /nawā/, قصد /qaṣada/ |
| intended {n} (fiancé) SEE: fiancé | :: |
| intended {n} (fiancée) SEE: fiancée | :: |
| intense {adj} (extreme in degree) | :: شديد {m} /šadīd/ |
| intensity {n} (quality of being intense) | :: شدة {f} /šidda/ |
| intensive {adj} (thorough, to a great degree, with intensity) | :: مكثف {m} /mukaṯṯaf/, مكثفة {f} /mukaṯṯafa/ |
| intensive {adj} (highly concentrated) | :: مكثف /mukaṯṯaf/, مكثفة {f} /mukaṯṯafa/ |
| intention {v} (intend) SEE: intend | :: |
| intention {n} (course intended to follow) | :: قصد {m} /qaṣd/, إرادة {f} /ʾirāda/, نية {f} /niyya/ |
| intercalary {adj} (of a time period, inserted between others) | :: كبيس /kabīs/ |
| intercostal {adj} (anatomy: between the ribs of an animal or person) | :: وربية {f-p} /warbiyya/, وربي {m} /warbiyy/ |
| intercourse {n} (communication, conversation) | :: حوار {m} /ḥiwār/ |
| intercourse {n} (sexual intercourse) | :: جماع {m} /jimāʿ/ |
| interdiction {n} (act of interdicting or something interdicted) SEE: prohibition | :: |
| interest {n} (finance: price of credit) | :: فائدة {f} /fāʾida/ |
| interest {n} (great attention and concern from someone) | :: اهتمام {m} /ihtimām/ |
| interesting {adj} (arousing or holding the attention) | :: مشوق /mušawwiq/ |
| interest rate {n} (percentage of money charged for its use per some period) | :: سعر الفائدة /siʿr al-fāʾida/ |
| interface {n} (point of interconnection between entities) | :: تعشيق {m} /taʿšīq/ |
| interface {n} (computing: point of interconnection between systems or subsystems) | :: واجهة /wājiha/ |
| interfere {v} | :: عاق /ʿāqa/, عرقل /ʿarqala/ |
| interference {n} (act of interfering with something, or something that interferes) | :: تداخل {m} /tadāḵul/ |
| interference {n} | :: تداخل {m} /tadāḵul/ |
| interjection {n} (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) | :: حرف نداء {m} /ḥarf nidāʾ/ |
| interlanguage {n} (lingua franca) SEE: lingua franca | :: |
| Interlingua {prop} (interlanguage based on Romance languages) | :: إنترلنغوا {f} /ʾintarlinḡwā/ |
| intermarriage {n} (mixed marriage) SEE: mixed marriage | :: |
| intermarry {v} (to marry within the same group) | :: تزاوج /tazāwaja/ |
| intermission {n} (break between performances or sessions) | :: فاصل /fāṣil/ |
| in terms of {prep} (In relation to, concerning, regarding) | :: بخصوص /biḵuṣūṣ/, فيما يتعلق ب /fi-mā yataʿallaqu bi-/, من ناحية /min nāḥiya/, من حيث /min ḥayṯu/ |
| intern {n} (student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field) | :: متدرب {m} /mutadarrib/ |
| internal combustion engine {n} (a piston or a rotary heat engine) | :: محرك احتراق داخلي {m} /muḥarrik iḥtirāq dāḵiliyy/ |
| international {adj} (between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations) | :: دولي {m} /duwaliyy/ |
| international {n} (transnational organization) | :: الدولية {f} |
| international auxiliary language {n} (language) | :: لغة مساعدة دولية |
| International Court of Justice {prop} (UN court) | :: محكمة العدل الدولية {f} /maḥkama(t) al-ʿadla d-duwaliyyati/ |
| Internationale {prop} (proletarian song) | :: نشيد الأممية {m} /našīd al-ʾumamiyya/ |
| internationalism {n} (cooperation between nations) | :: أممية {f} /ʾumamiyya/ |
| internationalization {n} (conversion of something to make it international) | :: تدويل {m} /tadwīl/ |
| internationally {adv} (in an international manner) | :: دوليا /dawliyyan/, دوليا /duwaliyyan/ |
| International Monetary Fund {prop} (International Monetary Fund) | :: صندوق النقد الدولي {m} /ṣundūq an-naqd ad-dawliyy/ |
| International Phonetic Alphabet {prop} (standardized symbols for speech) | :: ألفبائية صوتية دولية {f} /ʾalifbāʾiyya(t) ṣawtiyya(t) dawliyya/ |
| internet {n} (the Internet, largest global internet) SEE: Internet | :: |
| Internet {prop} (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers) | :: إنترنت {m} /ʾintirnit/, شباكة {m} /šubbāka/ |
| Internet cafe {n} (place where one can use a computer with Internet) | :: مقهى إنترنت {f} /maqhā ʾintarnit/ |
| Internet of Things {prop} (Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects) | :: إنترنت الأشياء {m} /ʾintarnat al-ʾašyāʾ/ |
| Internet Protocol {n} (one of the computer networking protocols) | :: بروتوكول الإنترنت {m} /brotukul al-ʾinternet/ |
| interoperability {n} (computing) | :: توافق تشغيلي |
| interpret {v} (to explain or tell the meaning of) | :: فسر /fassara/, أول /ʾawwala/ |
| interpretation {n} (act of interpreting) | :: تفسير {m} /tafsīr/ |
| interpretation {n} (sense given by an interpreter) | :: تفسير {m} /tafsīr/ |
| interpretation {n} (heritage interpretation) SEE: heritage interpretation | :: |
| interpreter {n} (one who interprets speech) | :: مترجم {m} /mutarjim/, مترجمة {f} /mutarjima/ |
| interrogation mark {n} (question mark) SEE: question mark | :: |
| interrogation point {n} (question mark) SEE: question mark | :: |
| interrogative {adj} (asking or denoting a question) | :: استفهامي /istifhāmiyy/ |
| interrogative {n} (a word implying interrogation) | :: أداة استفهام {f} /ʾadā(t) istifhām/ |
| interrogator {n} (one who interrogates, a questioner) | :: سائل {m} /sāʾil/, سائلة {f} /sāʾila/ |
| interrupt {v} (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) | :: قاطع /qāṭaʿa/ |
| interruption {n} (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) | :: مقاطعة {f} /muqāṭaʿa/ |
| intersect {v} (to cross each other; to cut each other) | :: تقاطع /taqāṭaʿa/ |
| intersection {n} (junction of two or more paths, etc) | :: مفترق {m} /muftaraq/, تقاطع {m} /taqāṭuʿ/ |
| intersection {n} (in geometry) | :: تقاطع /taqāṭuʿ/ |
| interval {n} (intermission) SEE: intermission | :: |
| interval {n} (distance in space) | :: فاصل {m} /fāṣil/ |
| interval {n} (period of time) | :: مدة {f} /mudda/, فترة {f} /fatra/ |
| intervene {v} | :: تدخل /tadaḵḵala/ |
| intervention {n} (act of intervening) | :: تدخل {m} /tadaḵḵul/, تطفل {m} /taṭafful/ |
| interview {n} (conversation with journalist etc.) | :: مقابلة {f} /muqābala/ |
| interview {n} (a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant) | :: مقابلة {f} /muqābala/ |
| interview {v} (to have an interview) | :: قابل /qābala/ |
| intestine {n} (alimentary canal) | :: معى {m} /miʿan/, معي {m} /maʿy/, معاء {m} /miʿāʾ/, أمصرة {m-p} /ʾamṣira/, مصير {m} /maṣīr/, مصران {m-p} /muṣrān/, مصارين {m-p} /maṣārīn/, حشا {f} /ḥašan/, أحشاء {f-p} /ʾaḥšāʾ/ |
| intestine {n} (subdivision of the alimentary canal) | :: أمعاء {m-p} /ʾamʿāʾ/, مصير {m} /maṣīr/ |
| in the blink of an eye {prep} (immediately, instantaneously) | :: أسرع من الطرف /ʾasraʿa mann al-ṭaraf/ |
| in the event {conj} (if) SEE: if | :: |
| in the event of {prep} (in case of) SEE: in case of | :: |
| in the know {prep} (informed, aware) | :: على علم /ʿalā ʿilm/ |
| in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king {proverb} (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king) | :: الأعور في أرض العميان ملك |
| in the light of {prep} (in light of) SEE: in light of | :: |
| in the meantime {prep} (meanwhile) SEE: meanwhile | :: |
| in the midst of {prep} (in the middle of; amidst; amongst) | :: بين /bayn/ |
| in the name of {prep} (with appeal to) | :: باسم /bismi/ |
| in the name of {prep} (by the authority of) | :: باسم /bismi/ |
| in the name of {prep} (under the name of) | :: باسم /bismi/ |
| in the name of {prep} (under the excuse of) | :: باسم /bismi/ |
| in the teeth of {prep} (agree or correspond; to be in harmony) | :: على الرغم من /ʿalā r-ruḡm min/ |
| in the twinkling of an eye {prep} (immediately, instantaneously) SEE: in the blink of an eye | :: |
| in the wake of {prep} (following) | :: في أعقاب /fī ʾaʿqāb/, على أثر /ʿalā ʾaṯari/ |
| in the wake of {prep} (as a result of) | :: على إثر /ʿalā ʾiṯri/ |
| in the wink of an eye {adv} (in the blink of an eye) SEE: in the blink of an eye | :: |
| intifada {n} (intifada) | :: انتفاضة {f} /intifāḍa/ |
| into {prep} (going inside) | :: داخل /dāḵil/ |
| into {prep} (going to a geographic region) | :: في /fī/ |
| into {prep} (against, with force) | :: في /fī/ |
| into {prep} (producing, becoming) | :: إلى /ʾillā/ |
| intonation {n} (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking) | :: تجويد {m} /tajwīd/, ترتيل {m} /tartīl/, تنغيم {m} /tanḡīm/ |
| intoxicate {v} (To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol) | :: أسكر /ʾaskara/ |
| intoxicating {adj} (able to intoxicate) | :: مسكر /muskirun/ |
| intoxication {n} (drunkenness) | :: إنتشاء /ʾintišāʾ/ |
| intransitive {adj} (of a verb, not taking a direct object) | :: لازم /lāzim/ |
| intransitive verb {n} (action verb not taking a direct object, see also: neuter) | :: فعل لازم {m} /fiʿl lāzim/ |
| intrasexual {adj} (intrasexual) | :: داخل جنسي /dakhil jinsi/ |
| introduce {v} (to cause someone to be acquainted) | :: قدم /qaddama/ |
| introduction {n} (act or process of introducing) | :: مقدمة {f} /muqaddama/ |
| introduction {n} (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material) | :: مقدمة {f} /muqaddama/, مدخل {m} /madḵal/ |
| intrude {v} (to enter without welcome; to encroach) | :: تطفل /taṭaffala/, تدخل /tadaḵḵala/ |
| intrusion {n} (forcible entry) | :: تطفل |
| inure {v} | :: أقلم /ʾaqlama/, عود /ʿawwada/, آلف /ʾālafa/, بلد /ballada/ |
| invade {v} (to enter by force in order to conquer) | :: غزا /ḡazā/ |
| invader {n} (one who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder) | :: [indefinite] غاز {m} /ḡāzin/, [definite] الغازي {m} /al-ḡāzī/ |
| in vain {adv} (without success) | :: عبثا /ʿabaṯan/ |
| invasion {n} (military action) | :: غزو {m} /ḡazw/, إغارة {f} /ʾiḡāra/, انتهاك {m} /intihāk/, تجاوز {m} /tujāwuz/ |
| invent {v} (design a new process or mechanism) | :: اخترع /iḵtaraʿa/ |
| invented {adj} (imaginary) SEE: imaginary | :: |
| invention {n} (something invented) | :: اختراع {m} /iḵtirāʿ/ |
| inventor {n} (one who invents) | :: مخترع {m} /muḵtariʿ/, مبتكر {m} /mubtakir/ |
| invert {n} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual | :: |
| invertebrate {n} (animal without backbone) | :: لا فقاري /lā faqāriyy/ |
| invertible {adj} ((mathematics) which has an inverse) | :: عكوسة /ʿakuwsa/ |
| invest {v} (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain) | :: استثمر /istaṯmara/ |
| investigation {n} (the act of investigating) | :: تحقيق {m} /taḥqīq/ |
| investment {n} (placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use) | :: استثمار {m} /istiṯmār/ |
| investor {n} (person who invests money in order to make a profit) | :: مستثمر {m} /mustaṯmir/ |
| in view of {prep} (considering) | :: في ضوء /fī ḍawʾ/, بالنظر إلى /bi-n-naẓar ʾilā/ |
| invigilator {n} (supervisor of students) | :: مراقب {m} |
| in vino veritas {proverb} (in wine, there is truth) SEE: in wine, there is truth | :: |
| invisible {adj} (unable to be seen) | :: غير مرئي /ḡayr marʾiyy/ |
| invitation {n} (act of inviting) | :: دعوة {f} /daʿwa/ |
| invitation {n} (allurement; enticement) | :: إغراء {m} /ʾiḡrāʾ/ |
| invite {v} (ask for the presence or participation of someone) | :: دعا /daʿā/ |
| invite {v} (encourage) SEE: encourage | :: |
| invoice {n} (bill) | :: فاتورة {f} /fātūra/ |
| involved {adj} (complicated) SEE: complicated | :: |
| in wine, there is truth {proverb} (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol) | :: الحقيقة في النبيذ /al-ḥaqīqa(t) fī n-nabīḏ/ |
| Io {prop} (moon of Jupiter) | :: آيو {m} /ʾāyyū/ |
| Ioannina {prop} (capital of Epirus) | :: يانينة {f} /yānīna/, يوانينا {f} /yuwānīnā/ |
| iodine {n} (element) | :: يود {m} /yūd/ |
| iodize {v} (to treat with iodine) | :: يود /yawwada/ |
| ion {n} (atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge) | :: أيون /ʾayūn/ |
| ionize {v} (to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species) | :: أين /ʾayyana/ |
| ionosphere {n} (part of Earth's atmosphere) | :: أيونوسفير {m} /ʾayōnosfīr/ |
| iota {n} (Greek letter) | :: إيوتا {f} /ʾiyūtā/ |
| Iotaba {prop} (island) SEE: Tiran | :: |
| Iowa {prop} (A state in Midwestern US) | :: آيوا |
| IPA {prop} (International Phonetic Alphabet) | :: أصد |
| IP address {n} (number assigned to each computer's network interface) | :: عنوان آي بي {m} /ʿunwān ʾay bī/ |
| iPhone {n} (device) | :: آيفون {m} /ʾāyfūn/ |
| iPod {n} (device) | :: آي بود {m} /ʾāy pud/ |
| iqama {n} (second call to prayer) | :: إقامة {f} /ʾiqāma/ |
| Iran {prop} (country in Western Asia) | :: إيران {f} /ʾīrān/ |
| Iran {prop} (Persia) SEE: Persia | :: |
| Irani {adj} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian | :: |
| Irani {n} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian | :: |
| Iranian {n} (person from Iran or of Iranian descent) | :: إيراني {m} /ʾīrāniyy/, إيرانية {f} /ʾīrāniyya/ |
| Iranian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Iran, the people or Iranian languages) | :: إيراني /ʾīrāniyy/ |
| Iraq {prop} (country) | :: العراق {f} /al-ʿirāq/ |
| Iraqi {n} (person from Iraq) | :: عراقي {m} /ʿirāqiyy/, عراقية {f} /ʿirāqiyya/ |
| Iraqi {adj} (from or pertaining to Iraq) | :: عراقي /ʿirāqiyy/ |
| Ireland {prop} (island) | :: أيرلندا {f} /ʾayirlandā/, إيرلندا {f} /ʾīrlandā/ |
| I rest my case {phrase} (my argument is proven) | :: وبذلك أنهي مرافعاتي /wa-bi-ḏālik ʾunhī murāfaʿātī/ |
| iridium {n} (chemical element) | :: إريديوم {m} /ʾiridyum/ |
| iris {n} (part of the eye) | :: قزحية {f} /quzaḥiyya/ |
| Irish {n} (the language) | :: أيرلندي /ʾayirlandiyy/ |
| Irish {n} (the people) | :: إيرلندي {m} /ʾirlandiyy/ |
| Irish Sea {prop} (a sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland) | :: البحر الأيرلندي {m} /al-baḥr al-ʾayirlandiyy/ |
| Irkutsk {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: إيركوتسك {m} /ʾirkutsk/ |
| iron {adj} (made of iron) | :: حديدي /ḥadīdiyy/ |
| iron {v} (to pass an iron over clothing) | :: كوى /kawā/ |
| iron {n} (chemical element Fe) | :: حديد {m} /ḥadīd/ |
| iron {n} (for pressing clothes) | :: مكواة {f} /mikwāh/, [electric] مكواة كهربائية {f} /mikwāh kahrabāʾiyya/ |
| Iron Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: عصر الحديد {m} /ʿaṣr al-ḥadīd/ |
| Iron Curtain {prop} (the dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions) | :: الستار الحديدي {m} /as-sitār al-ḥadīdī/ |
| iron fist {n} (ruthless control) | :: قبضة حديدية {f} /qubḍa ḥadīdiyya/ |
| iron ore {n} (ore containing iron) | :: خام الحديد {m} /ḵām al-ḥadīd/ |
| ironsmith {n} (blacksmith) SEE: blacksmith | :: |
| irony {n} (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally) | :: سخرية {f} /saḵriyya/, مفارقة {f} /mufāraqa/ [paradox], تهكم {m} /tahakkum/ [satire, sarcasm], تعارض {m} /taʿāruḍ/ [discrepancy], تنافر {m} /tanāfur/ [incongruity] |
| Iroquois {n} (hairdo) SEE: Mohawk | :: |
| irradiation {n} (an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated) | :: تشعع {m} /tasheaʿ/ |
| Irrawaddy {prop} (river that flows through Burma) | :: إيراوادي /ʾirawādī/ |
| irredentism {n} (an annexation doctrine) | :: وحدوية {f} /waḥdawiyya/ |
| irregular galaxy {n} (galaxy which has no spiral and is not elliptical) | :: مجرة غير منتظمة {f} /majara ḡayr muntaẓima/ |
| irrelevant {adj} (not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected) | :: عرضي /ʿaraḍiyy/ |
| irreligion {n} (state of being irreligious) | :: لادينية {f} /lādīnya/ |
| irrigation {n} (The act or process of irrigating) | :: سقي {m} /saqy/ |
| Isaac {prop} (son of Abraham and Sarah) | :: إسحاق {m} /ʾisḥāq/ |
| Isaac {prop} (male given name) | :: إسحاق {m} /ʾisḥāq/ |
| Isaiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: إشعياء {m} /ʾišaʿyāʾ/ |
| Isaiah {prop} (prophet) | :: إشعياء {m} /ʾišaʿyāʾ/ |
| Isfahan {prop} (third largest city of Iran) | :: إصفهان {f} /ʾiṣfahān/ أصفهان {f} /ʾaṣfahān/ |
| -ish {suffix} (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) | :: ي /-iyy/ |
| isha {n} (afternoon prayer) | :: صلاة العشاء {f} /ṣalāt al-ʿišāʾ/, عشاء {m} /ʿišāʾ/ |
| Ishikawa {prop} (Ishikawa, Japan) | :: إيشيكاوا {f} /ʾišikāwā/ |
| Ishmael {prop} (eldest son of Abraham) | :: إسماعيل {m} /ʾismāʿīlu/ |
| ISIL {prop} (ISIS) SEE: ISIS | :: |
| ISIS {prop} (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) | :: داعش /dāʿiš/ |
| Islam {prop} (religion) | :: الإسلام {m} /al-ʾislām/ |
| Islamabad {prop} (the capital of Pakistan) | :: إسلام أباد {m} /ʾislām ʾabād/ |
| Islamic {adj} (Adjectival form of Islam) | :: إسلامي /ʾislāmiyy/ |
| Islamic calendar {prop} | :: التقويم الهجري {m} /at-taqwīm al-hijriyy/ |
| Islamic fundamentalism {n} (movement towards Islamic conservatism) | :: الأصولية الإسلامية {f} /al-ʾuṣūliyya l-ʾislāmiyya/ |
| Islamic Republic of Afghanistan {prop} (Official name of Afghanistan) | :: جمهورية أفغانستان الإسلامية {f} /jumhūriyyat ʾafḡānistān al-ʾislāmiyya/ |
| Islamic Republic of Iran {prop} (full, official name of Iran) | :: جمهورية إيران الإسلامية {f} /jumhūriyyat ʾīrān al-ʾislāmiyya/ |
| Islamic Republic of Pakistan {prop} (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) | :: جمهورية باكستان الإسلامية {f} /jumhūriyyat bākistān al-ʾislāmiyya/ |
| Islamic State {prop} (jihadist group, see also: IS) | :: تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية {m} /tanẓīm ad-dawla al-ʾislāmiyya/ |
| Islamic State in Iraq {prop} (translations of "Islamic State in Iraq" only) | :: الدولة الإسلامية في والشام |
| Islamism {n} (Islamic fundamentalism) | :: الإسلامية {f} /al-ʾislāmiyya/, إسلام سياسي {m} /ʾislām siyāsiyy/ |
| Islamization {n} (the conversion of a society to Islam) | :: أسلمة /ʾaslama/ |
| Islamophobia {n} (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) | :: إسلاموفوبيا {f} /ʾislāmufūbiyā/ |
| island {n} (area of land completely surrounded by water) | :: جزيرة {f} /jazīra/ |
| isle {n} (isle) SEE: island | :: |
| -ism {suffix} (a principle, belief or movement) | :: ية /-iyya/ |
| Ismailia {prop} (city) | :: الإسماعيلية /al-Ismāʻīlīyah/ |
| isn't it so {phrase} (isn't it so?) | :: أليس كذلك؟ /ʾa-laysa ka-ḏālika?/, نعم؟ /naʿam?/ |
| isolation {n} (state of being isolated) | :: توحد {m} /tawaḥḥud/ |
| isotope {n} (atoms of the same element having a different number of neutrons) | :: نظير {m} /naẓīr/ |
| isotropic {adj} (having properties which are equivalent in all directions) | :: متماثل المناحي /mutamāṯil al-manāḥī/, متناح /mutanāḥini/ |
| ispaghula {n} (a Plantago plant of laxative seeds) SEE: psyllium | :: |
| Israel {prop} (the state) | :: إسرائيل {f} /ʾisrāʾīl/ |
| Israel {prop} (Biblical: name given to Jacob) | :: إسرائيل {m} /ʾisrāʾīl/ |
| Israel {prop} (given name) | :: إسرائيل {m} /ʾisrāʾīl/ |
| Israeli {n} (person from Israel or of Israeli descent) | :: إسرائيلي {m} /ʾisrāʾīliyy/, إسرائيلية {f} /ʾisrāʾīliyya/ |
| Israeli {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people) | :: إسرائيلي {m} /ʾisrāʾīliyy/ |
| Israelite {adj} (of or pertaining to the ancient nation(s) of Israel, their inhabitants, or to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob) | :: إسرائيلي /ʾisrāʾīliyyun/ |
| Isratine {prop} | :: إسراطين /ʾisrāṭīn/ |
| -ist {suffix} (One who follows a particular ideology, doctrine, belief system or theory) | :: [nisba] ي {m} /-iyy/ |
| -ista {suffix} (follower) SEE: -ist | :: |
| Istakhr {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: إصطخر /ʾiṣṭaḵr/ |
| Istanbul {prop} (largest city of Turkey and last capital of Ottoman Empire) | :: إسطنبول /ʾisṭanbūl/, إستنبول /ʾistanbūl/ |
| Istanbulite {adj} | :: إستانبولي /ʾistānbūliyy/ |
| is that so {phrase} (really) | :: هل هذا صحيح؟ /hal hāḏā ṣaḥīḥ?/, أليس كذلك؟ /ʾalaysa kaḏālika?/ |
| is there a smaller size {phrase} (is there a smaller size?) | :: هل يوجد مقاس أصغر؟ /hal yūjad maqās ʾaṣḡar?/, هل هناك حجم أصغر؟ /hal hunāk ḥajm ʾaṣḡar?/ |
| isthmus {n} (narrow strip of land) | :: برزخ /barzaḵ/ |
| it {pron} (subject — inanimate thing) | :: هو {m} /huwa/, هي {f} /hiya/ |
| it {pron} (object) | :: ه /-hu/ |
| IT {n} (information technology) | :: أي تي {m} /ʾay tī/, IT {m} /IT/ |
| IT {n} (information technology) SEE: information technology | :: |
| Italian {adj} (of or pertaining to Italy) | :: إيطالي /ʾīṭāliyy/ |
| Italian {n} (inhabitant of Italy) | :: إيطالي {m} /ʾīṭāliyy/, إيطالية {f} /ʾīṭāliyya/ |
| Italian {n} (language) | :: إيطالية {f} /ʾīṭāliyya/ |
| Italian Republic {prop} (official name of Italy) | :: الجمهورية الإيطالية {f} /al-jumhūriyya l-italiyya/ |
| Italy {prop} (European country) | :: إيطاليا {f} /ʾīṭāliyā/ |
| it can't be helped {phrase} (it is inevitable) | :: لا مفر /lā mafarr/, لا أستطيع ذلك /lā ʾastaṭīʿ ḏālik/ |
| itch {n} (a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch) | :: حكة /ḥikka/ |
| itch {v} (to feel the need to scratch) | :: أحك /ʾaḥakka/ |
| item {n} (distinct physical object) | :: بند {m} /band/ |
| item of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| I think so {phrase} (I think so) | :: نعم، أظن ذلك /naʿm, ʾaẓunnu ḏālik/ |
| I think therefore I am {phrase} (philosophical proof of existence) | :: أفكر، إذن أنا موجود /ʾufakkir, ʾiḏan ʾanā mawjūd/, أفكر، إذن أوجد /ʾufakkir, ʾiḏan ʾūjad/ |
| itinerant {adj} (travelling from place to place) | :: متنقل /mutanaqqil/ |
| itinerary {n} (route or proposed route of a journey) | :: مسار الرحلة |
| it never rains but it pours {proverb} (unfortunate events occur in quantity) | :: المصائب لا تأتي فرادى /al-maṣāʾibu lā taʾtī furādā/ (misfortunes do not come alone) |
| I told you so {phrase} (told you so!) | :: قلت لك ذلك {m} /qultu laka ḏālika/, قلت لك ذلك {f} /qultu laki ḏālika/ |
| it's {contraction} (it is) | :: انه {m} /innah/, انها {f} /innahā/ |
| it's all Greek to me {phrase} (I don't understand any of this) | :: يتحدث باللغة الصينية /yataḥaddaṯ bi-l-luḡa(t) ṣ-ṣīniyya/ (speaking in Chinese) |
| it's an emergency {phrase} (it's an emergency) | :: إنها حالة طوارئ /ʾinnahā ḥāla ṭawāriʾ/ |
| it's a pleasure {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| it's cold outside {phrase} (it's cold outside (weather)) | :: الطقس بارد في الخارج /aṭ-ṭaqs bārid fī l-ḵārij/ |
| itself {pron} ((reflexive) it) | :: نفسه {m} /nafsuhu/, نفسها {f} /nafsuhā/ |
| itself {pron} ((emphatic) it) | :: نفسه {m} /nafsuhu/, نفسها {f} /nafsuhā/ |
| it's raining {phrase} (it's raining) | :: تمطر السماء /tamṭir as-samāʾ/, إنها تمطر /ʾinnahā tamṭir/ |
| it's snowing {phrase} (it's snowing) | :: تثلج السماء /taṯluj as-samāʾ/ |
| it's too expensive {phrase} (it's too expensive) | :: هذا السعر غال جدا /hāḏā s-siʿr ḡālin jiddan/ |
| it takes two to tango {proverb} (some things need the active cooperation of two parties) | :: انها رقصة التانغو تتطلب شخصين |
| it was delicious {phrase} (phrase said to compliment a meal after eating it) | :: كان لذيذ جدا /kāna laḏīḏ jiddan/ |
| Ivan {prop} (male given name) | :: إيفان {m} /ʾifān/ |
| Ivanovich {prop} (patronymic) | :: إيفانوفيتش {m} |
| Ivanovo {prop} (city in Russia) | :: إيفانوفو {m} /ʾifānufū/ |
| I've {contraction} (I have) | :: عندي /ʿindī/, لدي /laday/, لي /lī/ |
| I've been robbed {phrase} (I've been robbed) | :: لقد سرقت /laqad suriqtu/ |
| I've lost my keys {phrase} (I lost my keys) SEE: I lost my keys | :: |
| ivory {n} (material) | :: عاج {m} /ʿāj/ |
| Ivory Coast {prop} (Côte d'Ivoire) SEE: Côte d'Ivoire | :: |
| ivy {n} (plant) | :: لبلاب {m} /lablāb/ |
| I want to go to the toilet {phrase} (I want to go to the toilet) | :: أريد الذهاب إلى المرحاض /ʾurīd aḏ-ḏihāb ʾilā l-mirḥāḍ/ |
| I want to know {phrase} (I want to know) | :: أريد أن أعرف /ʾurīd ʾan ʾaʿrif/ |
| I was born in ... {phrase} (I was born in ... (year)) | :: ولدت في عام ... /wulidtu fī ʿām .../, ولدت في سنة ... /wulidtu fī sanat .../ |
| Iwate {prop} (Iwate, Japan) | :: إيواته {m} /ʾiwātih/ |
| I wish {phrase} (I would very much like that to be so) | :: ليت /layta/, تمنى /tamannā/ (a sentence in subjunctive mood follows) |
| Izanagi {prop} (Japanese creator god) | :: إزاناغي {m} /ʾizānāḡī/ |
| Izanami {prop} (Japanese creator goddess) | :: إزانامي {f} /ʾizānāmī/ |
| Izhevsk {prop} (capital of Udmurtia) | :: إيجيفسك {m} /ʾijifsk/ |
