| wacky {adj} (zany) SEE: zany | :: |
| Wade-Giles {prop} (transcription system for Mandarin) | :: ويد–جيلز {m}, ويد–جيلز {m} |
| wafer {n} (religious token) | :: برشام /buršām/ |
| wage {n} (money paid to a worker) | :: أجر {m} /ʾajr/, راتب {m} /rātib/ |
| waggon {n} (wagon) SEE: wagon | :: |
| Wagner {prop} (surname) | :: فاغنر {m} {f} /fāḡnar/, فاغنر {m} {f} /vāgnar/ |
| wagon {n} (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, see also: cart) | :: عربة {f} /ʿaraba/ |
| Wahhabism {prop} (branch of Sunni Islam) | :: وهابية {f} /wahhābiyya/ |
| wainscot {v} (to decorate a wall with a wainscot) | :: خشب /ḵaššaba/ |
| waist {n} (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach) | :: خصر {m} /ḵaṣr/, وسط {m} /wasaṭ/ |
| waistband {n} (band of fabric encircling the waist) | :: تكة {f} /tikka/, حزام {m} /ḥizām/ |
| waistcoat {n} (a sleeveless, collarless garment) | :: صدرية {f} /ṣudriyya/, صدار {m} /ṣidār/ |
| wait {v} (delay until some event) | :: انتظر /intaẓara/ |
| wait {v} (transitive: delay until) SEE: await | :: |
| waiter {n} (a server in a restaurant or similar) | :: نادل {m} /nādil/, نادلة {f} /nādila/ |
| wait for {v} (await) SEE: await | :: |
| waiting list {n} (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service) | :: قائمة الانتظار {f} /qāʾimat al-intiẓār/ |
| waitlist {n} (waiting list) SEE: waiting list | :: |
| waitress {n} (female waiter) | :: نادلة {f} /nādila/, جرسونة {f} /garsōna/ |
| Wakayama {prop} (a city in Japan) | :: واكاياما {f} /wakayāmā/ |
| wake up {v} (to (become) awake) | :: صحا /ṣaḥā/, استيقظ /istayqaẓa/, نهض من النوم /nahaḍa mina n-nawmi/ |
| wake up {v} (to awaken (someone else)) | :: أيقظ /ʾayqaẓa/ |
| Wales {prop} (a constituent nation of the UK) | :: ويلز {f} /wēlz, wīlz/ |
| walima {n} ((Islam) the marriage banquet held as part of an Islamic wedding) | :: وليمة {f} /walīma/ |
| walk {v} (to move on the feet) | :: مشى /mašā/, تمشى /tamaššā/ |
| walk {v} (to take for a walk) | :: تمشى |
| walk {n} (manner of walking) | :: مشية {f} /mišya/ |
| walker {n} (person who walks) | :: ماش {m} /māšin/ |
| walking {n} (gerund of walk) | :: مشي {m} /mašy/ |
| walking cane {n} (walking stick) SEE: walking stick | :: |
| walking frame {n} (framework device, see also: baby walker) | :: مشاية {f} /maššāya/ |
| walking stick {n} (cane) | :: عصاية {f} /ʿaṣāya/, خيزرانة {f} /ḵayzurāna/, عكاز {m} /ʿukkāz/ |
| walkout {n} (stoppage of work) SEE: strike | :: |
| walk the talk {v} (to act in accordance with one's words) | :: التزم بوعودك |
| wall {n} (defensive rampart) | :: حائط {m} /ḥāʾiṭ/, جدار {m} /jidār/, سور {m} /sūr/ |
| wall {n} (structure built for defense surrounding an area) | :: سور {m} /sūr/ |
| wall {n} (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) | :: جدار {m} /jidār/ |
| wallet {n} (case for keeping money) | :: محفظة {f} /miḥfaẓa/ |
| wallflower {n} (any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum) | :: خيري {m} /ḵayriyy/, قصيصة {f} /qaṣīṣa/ |
| Wallis and Futuna {prop} (an overseas territory of France in Oceania) | :: والس وفوتونا |
| wallpaper {n} (decorative paper for walls) | :: ورق الحائط {m} /waraq al-ḥāʾiṭ/ |
| wall rocket {n} (plant of the genus Diplotaxis) | :: جهق {m} /jahaq/, خفج {m} /ḵafaj/ |
| walls have ears {proverb} (be careful about what you say) | :: الجدران لها آذان /al-jidrān lahā ʾāḏān/, للحيطان آذان /li-l-ḥīṭān ʾāḏān/ |
| wall socket {n} (electricity power point) | :: مقبس {m} /miqbas/ |
| walnut {n} (nut) | :: جوز /jawz/ |
| walrus {n} (large Arctic marine mammal) | :: فظ {m} /faẓẓ/ |
| waltz {n} (a ballroom dance) | :: رقصة الفالس {f} /raqṣa(t) al-fāls/ |
| wander {v} (to move without purpose or destination) | :: تجول /tajawwala/ |
| wanderer {n} (one who wanders) | :: هائم /hāʾim/ |
| wanker {n} (person who wanks) | :: ممارس العادة السرية {m} /mumāris al-ʿadda s-sirriyya/ |
| want {v} (desire) | :: أراد /ʾarāda/, رغب /raḡiba/, شاء /šāʾa/ |
| want {v} (lack) SEE: lack | :: |
| waqf {n} (inalienable endowment for charity) | :: وقف {m} /waqf/ |
| war {n} (conflict involving organized use of arms) | :: حرب {f} /ḥarb/ |
| war {v} (to engage in conflict) | :: حارب /ḥāraba/ |
| war crime {n} (offense for violations of the law of war) | :: جريمة حرب {f} /jarīmat ḥarb/ |
| ward {n} (Mormonism: subdivision of church) | :: جناح {m} /janāḥ/ |
| -ward {suffix} (forming adverbs) | :: ا، ا /-an, -an/, ل /l-/ |
| warden {n} (a chief administrative officer of a prison) | :: آمر سجن {m} /ʾāmir sijn/ |
| ward off {v} (to avert or prevent) | :: يدرأ /yadraʾ/ |
| wardrobe {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| wardrobe {n} (movable furniture for storing clothes) | :: خزانة {f} /ḵizāna/, خزانة ثوب {f} /ḵizānat ṯawb/, خزانة الملابس {f} /ḵizānat al-malābis/ |
| warehouse {n} (A place for storing large amounts of products) | :: مخزن {m} /maḵzan/, مستودع {m} /mustawdaʿa/ |
| warfare {n} | :: صراع {m} /ṣirāʿ/, حرب {m} /ḥarb/, نضال {m} /niḍāl/, قتال {m} /qitāl/ |
| war game {n} | :: لعبة حرب {f} /luʿbat ḥarb/ |
| warlock {n} (male magic-user) | :: ساحر {m} /sāḥir/, مشعوذ /mušaʿwiḏ/, عراف /ʿarrāf/, محتال /muḥtāl/, مشتغل بالسحر, ساحرة {f} |
| warlord {n} (high military officer in a warlike nation) | :: أمير حرب /ʾamīr ḥarb/ |
| warm {adj} (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) | :: دافئ /dāfiʾ/, دفيء /dafīʾ/ |
| warmonger {n} (one who advocates war) | :: محرض حرب {m} /muḥarriḍ ḥarb/, محرضة حرب {f} /muḥarriḍa(t) ḥarb/ |
| warm up {v} (to reach a normal operating temperature) | :: دفأ /daffaʾa/ , يدفئ /yudaffiʾ/, أدفأ /ʾadfaʾa/, يدفئ /yudfiʾ/ |
| warn {v} (to make someone aware of impending danger) | :: حذر /ḥaḏḏara/ |
| warning {n} (instance of warning someone) | :: تحذير {m} /taḥḏīr/ |
| warning triangle {n} (a triangle used to warn other road users) | :: مثلث التنبيه {m} /muṯallaṯ at-tanbīh/ |
| warrant {v} (to justify) SEE: justify | :: |
| warranty {n} (a written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that repairs will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a fault) | :: ضمان {m} /ḍamān/ |
| warring {adj} (engaged in war; belligerent) | :: متحارب /mutaḥārib/ |
| warrior {n} (person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare) | :: محارب {m} /muḥārib/, مقاتل {m} /muqātil/ |
| Warsaw {prop} (capital city of Poland) | :: وارسو {f} /wārsū/ |
| warship {n} (ship built or armed for naval combat) | :: سفينة حربية {f} /safīna ḥarbiyya/ |
| wart {n} (type of growth occurring on the skin) | :: ثؤلول {m} /ṯuʾlūl/ |
| warthog {n} (a species of wild pig) | :: خنزير بري {m} /ḵanzīr barriyy/ |
| Warwick {prop} (county town of Warwickshire) | :: ورك {m} /warik/, واريك {m} /wārīk/ |
| wasabi {n} (green Japanese condiment) | :: وسابي {m} /wasābī/ |
| wash {v} (to clean with water) | :: غسل /ḡasala/ |
| washable {adj} (capable of being washed without being damaged) | :: قابل غسيل {m} /qābil ḡasīl/, قابلة غسيلة {f} /qābila(t) ḡasīla/ |
| washbasin {n} (basin used for washing, sink) | :: مغسلة {f} /maḡsala/ |
| washer {n} (person who washes for a living) | :: غسالة {f} /ḡisāla/ |
| washer {n} (flat disk) | :: حلقة {f} /ḥalqa/ |
| washerwoman {n} (woman who washes other people's laundry) | :: غسالة {f} /ḡassāla/ |
| washing machine {n} (machine that washes clothes) | :: غسالة {f} /ḡassāla/ |
| washing powder {n} (powder for washing clothes) | :: مسحوق غسيل {m} /masḥūq ḡasīl/ |
| Washington {prop} (name) | :: واشنطن {m} /wašinṭūn/ |
| Washington {prop} (US state) | :: ولاية واشنطن {f} /wilāya(t) wāšinṭun/ |
| Washington, D.C. {prop} (federal capital of the United States of America) | :: واشنطن {m} /wāshintun al-ʿāsima/ |
| washroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| washstand {n} (table for washing) | :: مغسلة {f} /maḡsala/ |
| wasla {n} (an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif) | :: وصلة {f} /waṣla/, همزة الوصل {f} /hamzatu l-waṣli/, ألف الوصل {f} /ʾalifu l-waṣli/ |
| wasp {n} (insect) | :: دبور {m} /dabbūr/, زنبور {m} /zunbūr/ |
| wasteland {n} (region with no remaining resources; desert) | :: أرض خراب /'ardu kharab/ |
| waste time {v} (allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner) | :: ضيع الوقت /ḍayyaʿa l-waqt/ |
| watch {n} (portable or wearable timepiece) | :: ساعة {f} /sāʿa/ |
| watch {n} (person or group of people who guard) | :: حارس {m} /ḥāris/ |
| watch {v} (to look at for a period of time) | :: راقب /rāqaba/, شاهد /šāhada/, نظر /naẓara/, تفرج /tafarraja/ |
| watch {v} (to observe) | :: رصد /raṣada/ |
| watch {v} (to attend or guard) | :: حرس /ḥarasa/ |
| watch {v} (to be wary) | :: حذر /ḥaḏira/ |
| watcher {n} (guard) SEE: guard | :: |
| watchlist {n} (list for special attention) | :: قائمة مراقبة {f} /qāʾimatu murāqabatin/ |
| watchmaker {n} (person who repairs (and originally made) watches) | :: ساعاتي /sāʿātiyy/ |
| water {n} (amniotic fluid) SEE: amniotic fluid | :: |
| water {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water | :: |
| water {v} (to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants)) | :: سقى /saqā/ |
| water {v} (to provide (animals) with water) | :: أسقى /ʾasqā/, سقى /saqā/ |
| water {n} (clear liquid H₂O) | :: ماء {m} /māʾ/; Baharna Arabic: مي /me/ |
| water {n} (body of water, or specific part of it) | :: مياه {p} /miyāh/ |
| water beetle {n} (insect) | :: خنفساء الماء |
| water carrier {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius | :: |
| water closet {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| water closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| watercress {n} (Nasturtium officinale) | :: قرة {f} /qurra/, حرف {m} /ḥurf/ |
| waterfall {n} (flow of water over the edge of a cliff) | :: شلال {m} /šallāl/ |
| waterfall {n} (waterfall-like outpouring) | :: شلال {m} /šallāl/ |
| Watergate {prop} (scandal) | :: ووتر غيت {m} /wuatar ghit/ |
| watering can {n} (utensil for watering plants) | :: مرش, مرشة {f} /mirašša/ |
| watering pot {n} (watering can) SEE: watering can | :: |
| watermelon {n} (plant) | :: بطيخ /baṭīḵ/ , بطيخة {f} /baṭīḵa/ , دلاع {m} /dallāʿ/ |
| watermelon {n} (fruit) | :: بطيخ /baṭīḵ/ , بطيخة {f} /baṭīḵa/ |
| water mint {n} (herb in mint family) | :: ضومران {m} /ḍawmaraan/, نعناع مائي {m} /naʿnaʿ maaʾi/ |
| water parsnip {n} (Sium gen. et spp.) | :: قرة {f} /qurra/ |
| water pipe {n} (tobacco smoking device) | :: شيشة /šīša/ |
| water pollution {n} (water pollution) | :: تلوث الماء {m} /talawwuṯ al-māʾ/ |
| water polo {n} (a water sport) | :: كرة الماء {f} /kurat al-māʾ/ |
| water slide {n} (a recreational slide with water flowing down it) | :: زلاجة مائية {f} |
| waterspout {n} (tornado that occurs over a body of water) | :: تنين {m} /tinnīn/ |
| waterway {n} (navigable body of water) | :: ممر مائي {m} /mamarr māʾiyy/ |
| watt {n} (derived unit of power) | :: واط {m} /wāṭ/ |
| Wau {prop} (city in South Sudan) | :: واو {f} /wāw/ |
| waulk {v} (full) SEE: full | :: |
| wave {v} (to wave one’s hand) | :: رفرف /rafrafa/ |
| wave {n} (moving disturbance, undulation) | :: موج {m} /mawj/ |
| waveform {n} (physics) | :: شكل موجي /šakl mawjiyy/ |
| wavefunction {n} (notion in quantum mechanics) | :: دالة موجية {f} /dālla mawjiyya/ |
| wavelength {n} (the length of a single cycle of a wave) | :: طول موج {m} /ṭūl mawj/ |
| waw {n} (Arabic letter) | :: واو {m} /wāw/ |
| wax {n} (oily, water-resistant substance) | :: شمع {m} /šamʿu/ |
| wax {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax | :: |
| way {adv} (very) SEE: very | :: |
| way {adv} (far) SEE: far | :: |
| way {n} (road, direction, path) | :: طريق {m} /ṭarīq/ |
| way {n} (method or manner) | :: طريقة {f} /ṭarīqa/ |
| way {adv} (much) SEE: much | :: |
| way of life {n} (style of living) | :: حياة {f} /ḥayāh/, طريقة في حياة {f} /ṭarīqa fī ḥayāh/, نمط حياة {m} /namaṭ ḥayāh/ |
| way out {n} (exit) SEE: exit | :: |
| way too {adv} | :: جدا /jiddan/ |
| we {pron} (the speakers, or the speaker(s) and other person(s) not being addressed (exclusive we: he or she or they and I)) | :: نحن {p} /naḥnu/ |
| we {pron} (the speaker(s) and the listener(s) (inclusive we: you and I)) | :: نحن {p} /naḥnu/ |
| weak {adj} (lacking in force or ability) | :: ضعيف /ḍaʿīf/ |
| weak {adj} (dilute, lacking in taste or potency) | :: ضعيف /ḍaʿīf/ |
| weak {adj} | :: ضعيف /ḍaʿīf/ |
| weakness {n} (condition of being weak) | :: ضعف {m} /ḍiʿf/ |
| wealth {n} (riches; valuable material possessions) | :: أموال {m} /ʾamwāl/, ثروة {f} /ṯarwa/ |
| wealthy {adj} (rich) | :: غني /ḡaniyy/ |
| weapon {n} (instrument of attack or defense in combat) | :: سلاح {m} /silāḥ/ |
| weapon of mass destruction {n} (weapon causing large-scale death or destruction) | :: سلاح دمار شامل {m} /silāḥ damār šāmil/ |
| wear {v} (to have on (clothes)) | :: لبس /labisa/, ارتدى /irtadā/ |
| wear {v} | :: لبس |
| weary {adj} | :: مرهق /murhaq/ |
| weasel {n} (least weasel, Mustela nivalis) | :: ابن عرس {m} /ibn ʿirs/ |
| weather {n} (state of the atmosphere) | :: طقس {m} /ṭaqs/, جو {m} /jaww/ |
| weather {n} (situation) SEE: situation | :: |
| weatherize {v} (to protect against weather) SEE: weatherproof | :: |
| weatherproof {v} (To make something resistant to damage caused by the weather) | :: مقاوم للعوامل الجوية /muqāwim li-l-ʿawāmil al-jawwiyya/ |
| weave {v} (to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another) | :: نسج /nasaja/ |
| weaver {n} (one who weaves) | :: نساج {m} /nassāj/, نساجة {f} /nassāja/ |
| web {n} (spiderweb) SEE: spiderweb | :: |
| web app {n} (web application) SEE: web application | :: |
| web application {n} (computer application) | :: تطبيق ويب {m} /taṭbīq web/ |
| web browser {n} (a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web) | :: متصفح وب {m} /mutaṣfaḥ web/ |
| webcam {n} (video camera viewed over a network) | :: كاميرا ويب {f} /kāmērā web/ |
| weblication {n} (web application) SEE: web application | :: |
| weblog {n} (blog) SEE: blog | :: |
| web page {n} (a single page in a website) | :: صفحة ويب {f} /ṣafḥat web/ |
| web server {n} (software) | :: خادم ويب {m} /ḵādim wīb/, سيرفير ويب {m} /sirfīr wīb/ |
| website {n} (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web) | :: موقع ويب {m} /mawqiʿ web/ |
| wed {v} (to join in matrimony) | :: تزوج /tazawwaja/ |
| wedding {n} (marriage ceremony) | :: عرس {m} /ʿurs/, زفاف {m} /zifāf/ |
| wedding ring {n} (a ring symbolizing marriage) | :: خاتم زواج {m} /ḵātam zawāj/ |
| wedge {n} (simple machine) | :: إسفين {m} /ʾisfīn/, وتد {m} /watid/ |
| wedge {n} (typography: háček) SEE: háček | :: |
| Wednesday {n} (day of the week) | :: الأربعاء {m} /al-ʾarbiʿāʾ/, يوم الأربعاء {m} /yawm al-ʾarbiʿāʾ/ |
| weed {n} (cigar) SEE: cigar | :: |
| weed {n} (the weed) SEE: tobacco | :: |
| weed {n} (unwanted plant) | :: عشبة ضارة {f} /ʿušba ḍārra/ |
| weed {n} (slang: marijuana) | :: بانجو {m} /bānjū/, حشيش {m} /ḥašīš/ |
| week {n} (period of seven days) | :: أسبوع {m} /ʾusbūʿ/, جمعة {f} /jumʿa/ |
| weekend {n} (break in the working week) | :: نهاية الأسبوع {f} /nihāyat al-ʾusbūʿ/, عطلة الأسبوع {f} /ʿaṭlat al-ʾusbūʿ/ |
| weekly {adj} (of or relating to a week) | :: أسبوعي /ʾusbūʿiyyun/ |
| weekly {adj} (happening once a week or every week) | :: أسبوعي /ʾusbūʿiyyun/ |
| weep {v} (to cry, shed tears) | :: بكى /bakā/, يبكي /yabkī/ |
| weever {n} (fish of Trachinidae) | :: بلامة {f} /balāma/ |
| weigh {v} (to determine the weight of an object) | :: وزن /wazana/ |
| weigh {v} (to have a certain weight) | :: وزن /wazana/ |
| weigh {v} | :: وزن /wazana/ |
| weighing machine {n} (a mechanical device for determing the weight of an object or person) | :: ميزان |
| weight {n} (physics: mass) SEE: mass | :: |
| weight {n} (force due to gravity) | :: وزن /wazn/ |
| weight {n} (object to make something heavier) | :: ثقل {m} /ṯiql/ |
| weight {n} (standardized measuring weight) | :: ثقل {m} /ṯiql/ |
| weight {n} (weight for training muscles) | :: ثقل {m} /ṯiql/ |
| weight {n} (statistics: multiplier) | :: وزن /wazn/ |
| weird {adj} (having an unusually strange character or behaviour) | :: عجيب /ʿajīb/ |
| welcome {interj} (greeting given upon someone's arrival) | :: أهلا وسهلا /ʾahlan wa-sahlan/, مرحبا /marḥaban/ |
| welcome {v} (affirm or greet the arrival of someone) | :: رحب /raḥḥaba/ |
| weld {v} (to join materials (especially metals) by applying heat) | :: لحم /laḥama/ |
| welfare {n} (health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity) | :: رفاهة {f} /rafāha/ |
| welkin {n} (sky) SEE: sky | :: |
| well {adv} (accurately; competently) | :: حسنا /ḥasanan/, بخير /bi-ḵayr/, جيدا /jayyidan/ |
| well {adv} (completely; fully) | :: حسنا /ḥasanan/, بخير /bi-ḵayr/, جيدا /jayyidan/ |
| well {adv} (to a significant degree) | :: حسنا /ḥasanan/, بخير /bi-ḵayr/ |
| well {adj} (in good health) | :: بخير /bi-ḵayr/ |
| well {interj} (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations) | :: طيب, حسنا |
| well {n} (hole sunk into the ground) | :: بئر {m} /biʾr/ |
| well {n} (spring) | :: عين {f} /ʿayn/, بئر /biʾr/ |
| well-being {n} (state of health, happiness and/or prosperity) | :: رفاهية {f} /rafāhiya/ |
| well done {interj} (exclamation of praise) | :: أحسنت /ʾaḥsanta/ , أحسنت /ʾaḥsanti/ |
| Wellington {prop} (capital of New Zealand) | :: ويلنجتون {f} /wilingtūn/, ويلينغتون {f} /wilinḡtūn/ |
| wellness {n} (The quality or state of being in good health.) | :: صحة {f} /ṣiḥḥa/, سلامة /salāma/, عافية /ʿāfiya/ |
| well-read {adj} (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) | :: واسع الاطلاع |
| Welsh onion {n} (Allium fistulosum) SEE: spring onion | :: |
| Wen {prop} (Chinese surname) | :: ون /wan/, وين /wīn/ |
| Wend {n} (Slav) SEE: Slav | :: |
| wendigo {n} (malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology) | :: وينديجو |
| Wendish {adj} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian | :: |
| Wendish {prop} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian | :: |
| Wenzhou {prop} (city in China) | :: ونتشو {m} /wantšū/, ونجو {m} /wanjū/ |
| werewolf {n} (wolflike human) | :: مستذئب /mustaḏiʾb/ |
| wergeld {n} (reparative payment) | :: دية {f} /diya/ |
| west {n} (compass point) | :: غرب {m} /ḡarb/ |
| West {prop} (Western world) | :: غرب {m} /ḡarb/ |
| West Bank {prop} (territory) | :: الضفة الغربية {f} /aḍ-ḍiffa l-ḡarbiyya/ |
| West Bengal {prop} (state) | :: بنغال الغربية {f} /banḡāl al-ḡarbiyya/ |
| western {adj} (pertaining to the west) | :: غربي /ḡarbiyy/ |
| western {n} (film or other dramatic work) | :: غربي {m} /ḡarbiyy/ |
| Western {adj} (of, situated in, or related to the West) SEE: western | :: |
| Western Asia {prop} (the westernmost subregion of Asia) | :: غرب آسيا {m} /ḡarb ʾāsiyā/ |
| Western Australia {prop} (state of Australia) | :: أستراليا الغربية {f} /ʾustrāliyā l-ḡarbiyya/ |
| westerner {n} (inhabitant of Europe and the Americas) | :: غربي {m} /ḡarbiyy/ |
| Western Europe {prop} (Western Europe) | :: أوروبا الغربية {f} /ʾūrūbbā l-ḡarbiyya/ |
| westernization {n} (assimilation of the western culture) | :: تغريب /taḡrīb/ |
| western osprey {n} (Pandion haliaetus) SEE: osprey | :: |
| Western Sahara {prop} (a territory in northern Africa) | :: الصحراء الغربية {f} /aṣ-ṣaḥrāʾ al-ḡarbiyya/ |
| Western Wall {prop} (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple) | :: حائط البراق {m} /ḥāʾiṭ al-burāq/, حائط الغربي {m} /ḥāʾiṭ al-ḡarbī/ |
| West Jerusalem {prop} (western sector of Jerusalem) | :: القدس الغربية {f} /al-quds al-ḡarbiyya/ |
| Westminster Abbey {prop} (large Gothic church) | :: دير وستمنستر {m} /dayr wistminstar/, كنيسة وستمنستر {f} /kanīsat wistminstar/ |
| Westminster Cathedral {prop} (chuerch) | :: كاتدرائية وستمنستر {f} /kātidrāʾiyya(t) wistminstar/ |
| West Virginia {prop} (US state) | :: فيرجينيا الغربية {f} /firjīnyā l-ḡarbiyya/ |
| wet {adj} (made of liquid or moisture) | :: مبتل /mubtall/, مبلل /muballal/ |
| wet {adj} (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) | :: مبلول /mablūl/, مبتل /mubtall/ |
| wet dream {n} (ejaculation or orgasm while asleep) SEE: nocturnal emission | :: |
| wet nurse {n} (woman hired to suckle another woman's child) | :: ظئر /ẓiʾr/ |
| whack {v} (to kill) | :: قتل {m} /qatala/ |
| whale {n} (large sea mammal) | :: حوت {m} /ḥūt/ |
| whaling {n} (practice of hunting whales) | :: صيد الحيتان {m} /ṣayd al-ḥītān/ |
| wharf {n} (man-made landing place) | :: رصيف {m} /raṣīf/ |
| what {pron} (what? (interrogative pronoun)) | :: ماذا /māḏā/, ما /mā/ |
| what {pron} (relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing that) | :: ما /mā/ |
| what a pity {phrase} (used to express regret) | :: يا خسارة /yā ḵasāra/, يا للأسف /yā la-l-ʾasaf/ |
| what are you doing {phrase} (what are you doing) | :: ماذا تعمل؟ /māḏā taʿmalu?/, ماذا تعملين؟ /māḏā taʿmalīna?/ |
| what a shame {phrase} (used to express regret) SEE: what a pity | :: |
| what date is it today {phrase} (what date is it today?) | :: ما تاريخ اليوم؟ /mā tārīḵu l-yawm?/ |
| what doesn't kill you makes you stronger {proverb} (hardship builds moral character) | :: ما لا يقتلك يجعلك أقوى {m} /mā lā yaqtuluka yajʿaluka ʾaqwā/, ما لا يقتلك يجعلك قويا {f} /mā lā yaqtuluki yajʿaluki qūyā/ |
| what does XX mean {phrase} (what does XX mean?) | :: ما يعني XX؟ /mā yaʿnī XX?/ |
| whatever {determiner} (no matter which; for any) | :: أي /ʾayy/, أيما /ʾayyamā/ |
| whatever {determiner} (anything) | :: أي شيء /ʾayy šayʾ/ |
| whatever {pron} (anything) | :: مهما /mahmā/ ما /mā/ |
| whatever {interj} (indicating the speaker does not care what someone says) | :: طز /ṭuz/ |
| what goes around comes around {proverb} (the status returns to its original value) | :: كما تدين تدان /kamā tadīnu tudānu/ |
| what goes around comes around {proverb} (actions have consequences) | :: لا تحصد إلا ما زرعته /lā taḥṣidu ʾillā mā zaraʿtahu/ (you reap only what you sow) |
| what goes around comes around {proverb} | :: أكلت يوم أكل الثور الأبيض |
| what is her name {phrase} (what is her name?) | :: ما اسمها |
| what is more {adv} (furthermore) | :: علاوة على ذلك /ʿilāwa ʿalā ḏālika/ |
| what is that {phrase} (what is that?) | :: ما هذا؟ /mā hāḏā?/ |
| what is your name {phrase} (what is your name?) | :: ما اسمك؟ /mā ismuka?/, ما اسمك؟ /mā ismuki?/ |
| what languages do you speak {phrase} (what languages do you speak?) | :: ما هي اللغات التي تتكلمها؟ /mā hiya l-luḡāt allatī tatakallamuhā?/, ما هي اللغات التي تتكلمينها؟ /mā hiya l-luḡāt allatī tatakallamīnahā?/ |
| what's done is done {proverb} | :: ما حدث قد حدث /mā ḥadaṯa qad ḥadaṯa/ |
| what's good {phrase} (what's up) SEE: what's up | :: |
| what's-his-name {pron} (A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | :: ما اسمه {m} /mā ismahu/ |
| what's the matter {phrase} (what's wrong?) | :: ماذا حدث؟ /māḏā ḥadaṯa?/, ما الخطب؟ /mā l-ḵaṭb?/ |
| what's up {phrase} | :: مهيم /mahyam/ |
| what's your job {phrase} (what's your job?) | :: ما عملك؟ /mā ʿamaluk?/ |
| what's your phone number {phrase} (what's your phone number?) | :: ما رقم هاتفك؟ /mā raqmu hātifika?/ , ما رقم هاتفك؟ /mā raqmu hātifiki?/ , ما رقم تلفونك؟ /mā raqmu tilifūnika?/ , ما رقم تلفونك؟ /mā raqmu tilifūniki?/ |
| what the hell {phrase} (an intensive form of what) | :: ماذا بحق السماء /māḏā bi-ḥaqq as-samāʾ/ |
| what time is it {phrase} (what is the time of day?) | :: كم الساعة؟ /kam as-sāʿa?/ |
| what with {prep} (owing to) | :: حيث /ḥayṯ/, لأن /liʾan/, بسبب /bi-sabab/ |
| wheat {n} (grain) | :: قمح {m} /qamḥ/ |
| wheel {n} (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation) | :: عجلة {f} /ʿajala/ |
| wheel {n} (steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle) SEE: steering wheel | :: |
| wheelbarrow {n} (small cart) | :: عربة يدوية {f} /ʿaraba(t) yadawiyya/ |
| wheelchair {n} (chair) | :: كرسي للمقعدين {m} /kursiyy li-l-muqʿadīn/, كرسي متحرك {m} /kursiyy mutaḥarrik/ |
| wheel clamp {n} (a device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven) | :: مشبك العجلة |
| when {adv} (at what time, as a direct question) | :: متى /matā/ |
| when {conj} (during the time that) | :: عندما /ʿindamā/, لما /lammā/, حين /ḥīna/, إذ /ʾiḏ/ |
| when {conj} (at what time; at which time) | :: متى /matā/ |
| whence {adv} (from where; from which place or source) | :: من أين /min ʾayn/, من حيث /min ḥayṯu/ |
| whence {conj} (conjunction) | :: من حيث /min ḥayṯ/ |
| whenever {conj} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| whenever {conj} (at any time that) | :: متى /matā/, متى ما /matā mā/ |
| whenever {conj} (every time that) | :: كلما /kullamā/ |
| when in Rome {proverb} (adjust to local customs) SEE: when in Rome, do as the Romans do | :: |
| when in Rome, do as the Romans do {proverb} (behave as those around do) | :: عندما تكون في روما، افعل ما يفعله الرومان /ʿindamā takūn fī rūmā, ifʿal mā yafʿalah ar-rūmān/ |
| when life gives you lemons, make lemonade {proverb} (make the best out of difficult situations) | :: اصنع شرابا حلوا من حامض ليمون الحياة {m} /iṣnaʿ šarāban ḥallū min ḥāmiḍ laymūn al-ḥayāti/, اصنعي شرابا حلوا من حامض ليمون الحياة {f} /iṣnaʿī šarāban ḥallū min ḥāmiḍ laymūn al-ḥayāti/ |
| when push comes to shove {phrase} (when the pressure is on) | :: عندما يجد الجد |
| where {conj} (at or in which place) | :: حيث /ḥayṯu/ |
| where {conj} (to which place or situation) | :: حيث /ḥayṯu/ |
| where {adv} (at what place; to what place; from what place) | :: أين /ʾayn/ |
| where {adv} (at or in what place) | :: أين /ʾayna/ |
| where {adv} (to what place) | :: إلى أين /ʾilā ʾayna/ |
| where {adv} (from what place) | :: من أين /min ʾayna/ |
| where {pron} (the place in which) | :: حيث /ḥayṯu/ |
| where {n} (the place in which something happens) | :: أين {m} /ʾayn/ |
| where are we {phrase} (where are we) | :: أين نحن؟ /ʾayna naḥnu?/ |
| where are you {phrase} (where are you?) | :: أين أنت؟ {m} /ʾayna ʾanta?/, أين أنت؟ {f} /ʾayna ʾanti?/ |
| where are you from {phrase} (in which country or region were you born or raised) | :: من أين أنت؟ /min ʾayna ʾanta?/ , من أين أنت؟ /min ʾayna ʾanti?/ |
| whereas {conj} (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) | :: عندما |
| whereby {adv} (by which) | :: الذي به, بذلك |
| where do you live {phrase} (where do you live?) | :: أين تسكن؟ /ʾayn taskun?/ , أين تسكنين؟ /ʾayn taskunīn?/ |
| where is the toilet {phrase} (where is the toilet?) | :: أين المرحاض؟ /ʾayna l-mirḥāḍ?/, أين الحمام؟ /ʾayna l-ḥammām?/ |
| wherenot {n} (wherever) SEE: wherever | :: |
| where there's smoke, there's fire {proverb} (if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring) | :: أينما يوجد دخان، توجد نار /ʾaynamā yūjadu duḵān, tūjadu nār/ |
| whereupon {conj} (after which) | :: عندئذ /ʿindaʾiḏin/ |
| wherever {conj} (in any place, anywhere) | :: أين /ʾayna/, أينما /ʾaynamā/, حيثما /ḥayṯumā/ |
| where you at {phrase} (where are you) SEE: where are you | :: |
| whet {v} (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening) | :: حدد /ḥaddada/, شحذ /šaḥaḏa/ |
| whetstone {n} (stone used to hone tools) | :: مسن {m} /misann/, مجلخة {f} /mijlaḵa/, مشحذ {m} /mišḥaḏ/ |
| whey {n} (liquid remaining after milk has been curdled) | :: شرش {m} /širš/, ماء الجبن {m} /māʾ al-jubn/, مصل {m} /maṣl/ |
| which {determiner} ((interrogative) what, of those mentioned or implied) | :: أي {m} /ʾayy/ |
| which {pron} ((interrogative) what one or ones) | :: أي /ʾayyun/ |
| which {pron} ((relative) who, whom, what) | :: الذي {m} /allaḏī/ |
| whichever {pron} (any one or a number of a group; no matter which one) | :: أي /ʾayy/ |
| while {conj} (until) SEE: until | :: |
| whilom {adv} (once upon a time, formerly) | :: كان /kāna/ |
| whilst {conj} | :: في حين /fī ḥīn/, بينما /baynamā/ |
| whip {n} (rod or rope) | :: سوط {m} /sawṭ/ |
| whip {v} (to hit with a whip) | :: جلد بسوط /jalada bisawṭ/, ساط /sāṭa/ |
| whirlwind {n} (a violent windstorm of limited extent characterised by an inward spiral motion of the air) | :: زوبعة {f} /zawbaʿa/ |
| whisk {n} (kitchen utensil) | :: مخفقة {f} /miḵfaqa/ |
| whiskey {n} (alcoholic drink) | :: ويسكي {m} /wíski/ |
| whisky {n} (whiskey) SEE: whiskey | :: |
| whisper {n} (act of speaking in a quiet voice) | :: همس {m} /hams/ |
| whisper {v} (to talk in a quiet voice) | :: همس /hamasa/ |
| whistle {n} (device used to make a whistling sound) | :: صفارة {f} /ṣaffāra/ |
| whistle {v} (to produce a whistling sound) | :: صفر /ṣafara/, صفر /ṣaffara/ |
| whistle {n} (slang: a suit) SEE: suit | :: |
| white {n} (color/colour) | :: أبيض {m} /ʾabyaḍ/, بيضاء {f} /bayḍāʾ/ |
| white {n} (Caucasian person) | :: قوقازي {m} /qawqāziyy/, يافثي {m} /yāfiṯiyy/ |
| white {n} (white wine) SEE: white wine | :: |
| white {adj} (bright and colourless) | :: أبيض {m} /ʾabyaḍ/, بيضاء {f} /bayḍāʾ/, بيض {p} /bīḍ/ |
| white {adj} (of or relating to Caucasians) | :: قوقازي /qawqāziyy/, يافثي /yāfiṯiyy/ |
| white ant {n} (white ant) SEE: termite | :: |
| white bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear | :: |
| white-browed tit {n} (Poecile superciliosus) | :: قرقف أبيض الحواجب |
| white coffee {n} (coffee with milk added) | :: القهوة البيضاء {f} /al-qahwa l-bayḍāʾ/ |
| white dwarf {n} (white dwarf star) | :: قزم أبيض {m} /qazm ʾabyaḍ/ |
| white-haired {adj} (having white hair) | :: أشيب /ʾašyab/ |
| White House {prop} (the official residence of the President of the United States of America) | :: البيت الأبيض {m} /al-bayt al-ʾabyaḍ/ |
| white lead {n} (lead carbonate or the paint thereof) | :: سبيداج {m} /sibīdāj/ |
| white man {n} (Caucasian) SEE: Caucasian | :: |
| white millet {n} (proso millet) SEE: proso millet | :: |
| white mustard {n} (Sinapis alba) | :: خردل أبيض {m} /ḵardal ʾabyaḍ/ |
| whiten {v} (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) | :: ابيض /ibyaḍḍa/ |
| whiteness {n} (state of being white) | :: بياض {m} /bayāḍ/ |
| White Russian {n} (Belarusian language) SEE: Belarusian | :: |
| white sauce {n} (mayonnaise) SEE: mayonnaise | :: |
| White Sea {prop} (a sea to the northwest of Russia) | :: البحر الأبيض {m} /al-baḥr al-ʾabyaḍ/ |
| white tea {n} (drink) | :: شاي أبيض {m} /šāy ʾabyaḍ/ |
| white wine {n} (light coloured wine) | :: نبيذ أبيض {m} /nabīḏ ʾabyaḍ/; خمر أبيض {m} /ḵamr ʾabyaḍ/ |
| whither {adv} (to which place) | :: إلى أين /ʾilā ʾayna/ |
| whiz {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| who {pron} (who? (interrogative pronoun)) | :: من /man/ |
| who {pron} (who (relative pronoun)) | :: الذي {m-s} /allaḏī/, التي {f-s} /allatī/, اللذان {m-d} /al-laḏāni/, اللتان {f-d} /al-latāni/, الذين {m-p} /allaḏīna/, اللاتي {f-p} /al-lātī/, اللائي {f-p} /al-lāʾī/, اللواتي {f-p} /al-lawātī/ |
| WHO {prop} (World Health Organization) | :: منظمة الصحة العالمية {f} /munaẓẓamatu ṣ-ṣiḥati l-ʿālamiyya/ |
| whoa {interj} (stop, said to a horse) | :: قف {m} /qif/, قفي {f} /qifī/ |
| who are you {phrase} (who are you?) | :: من أنت؟ /man ʾanta?/ , من أنت؟ /man ʾanti?/ , من أنتما {c-d} /man ʾantumā/, من أنتم {m-p} /man ʾantum/, من أنتن {f-p} /man ʾantunna/ |
| whoever {pron} (whatever person or persons) | :: من /man/ |
| who knows {phrase} (rhetorical question: one doesn't know) | :: من يدري؟ /man yadrī?/, الله أعلم /allāhu ʾaʿlam/, إبصر /ʾibṣar/ |
| whole {adj} (entire) | :: كامل /kāmil/, كل /kull/ |
| whole number {n} (integer) SEE: integer | :: |
| whole number {n} (natural number) SEE: natural number | :: |
| wholesale {n} (sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants) | :: إجمالي /ʾijmāliyy/, بالجملة /bi-l-jumlati/, بيع بالجملة /bayʿ bi-l-jumlati/ |
| wholly {adv} (to the fullest extent) SEE: completely | :: |
| whom {pron} (what person; object of a verb (accusative)) | :: من /man/ |
| whom {pron} (what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)) | :: من /man/ |
| whom {pron} (relative pronoun) | :: الذي {m-s} /allaḏī/, التي {f-s} /allatī/, اللذين {m-d} /al-laḏayni/, اللتين {f-d} /al-latayni/, الذين {m-p} /allaḏīna/, اللاتي {f-p} /al-lātī/, اللائي {f-p} /al-lāʾī/, اللواتي {f-p} /al-lawātī/ |
| whomever {pron} (whatever person or persons) | :: من {m} /man/ |
| whooping cough {n} (a contagious disease) | :: سعال ديكي {m} /suʿāl dīkiyy/ |
| whore {n} | :: عاهرة {f} /ʿāhira/, فاحشة {f} /fāḥiša/, زانية {f} /zāniyya/, عاهرات {f-p} /ʿāhirāt/; شرموطة {f} /šarmūṭa/ |
| whore {v} (to prostitute oneself) | :: عهر /ʿahara/ |
| whore {v} (to engage a prostitute) | :: عاهر /ʿāhara/ |
| whore {v} (to pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| whoremaster {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| whose {determiner} (of whom (interrogative)) | :: لمن /liman/ |
| whose {determiner} (of whom (relative)) | :: الذي {m} /allaḏī/, التي {f} /allatī/, الذين {m-p} /allaḏīna/, اللواتي {f-p} /al-lawātī/ |
| why {adv} (for what reason) | :: لماذا /limāḏā/, لم /lima/ |
| why not {adv} (state one has no objection) | :: لم لا /lima lā/ |
| wick {n} (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning) | :: فتيل {m} /fatīl/, فتيلة {f} /fatīla/ |
| wicked {adj} (evil or mischevous) | :: شرير /širīr/ |
| wicket {n} (small door or gate) | :: خوخة {f} /ḵawḵa/ |
| wicket {n} (small window or other opening) | :: خوخة {f} /ḵawḵa/ |
| widdle {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| wide {adj} (having a large physical extent from side to side) | :: واسع {m} /wāsiʿ/, رحب {m} /raḥb/, عريض {m} /ʿarīḍ/ |
| widow {n} (woman whose spouse has died) | :: أرملة {f} /ʾarmala/ |
| widower {n} (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried) | :: أرمل {m} /ʾarmal/ |
| width {n} (measurement of something from side to side) | :: عرض {m} /ʿarḍ/ |
| wife {n} (married woman) | :: زوجة {f} /zawja/ |
| Wi-Fi {n} (computing: wireless data communication standard) | :: واي فاي {m} /wāy fāy/ |
| wig {n} (head of artificial hair) | :: شعر مستعار {m} /šaʿr mustaʿār/, باروكة {f} /bārūka/ |
| wiki {n} (collaborative website) | :: ويكي {m} /wikī/ |
| Wikipedia {prop} (online encyclopedia) | :: ويكيبيديا {f} /wikibīdiyā/ |
| Wikipedian {n} (a person who uses, edits, or contributes to Wikipedia) | :: ويكيبيدي {m} /wīkībīdiyy/, ويكيبيدية {f} /wīkībīdiyya/ |
| Wikipedian {adj} (of or relating to Wikipedia) | :: ويكيبيدي /wīkībīdiyy/ |
| Wiktionary {prop} (the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language) | :: ويكاموس {m} /wikāmūs/ |
| wild {adj} (not domesticated or tamed) | :: متوحش /mutawaḥḥiš/ |
| wild ass {n} (mammal) | :: عير {m} /ʿayr/, فرأ {m} /faraʾ/, علج {m} /ʿilj/, حمار بري {m} /ḥimār barriyy/, حمار وحش {m} /ḥimār waḥš/ |
| wild boar {n} (Sus scrofa) | :: خنزير بري {m} /ḵanzīr bariyy/ |
| wild cat {n} (Lynx rufus) SEE: bobcat | :: |
| wildcat {n} (Felix rufus) SEE: bobcat | :: |
| wild cherry {n} (Prunus avium tree) | :: كرز حلو {m} /karaz ḥulw/ |
| wild cherry {n} (Prunus avium fruit) | :: كرز حلو {m} /karaz ḥulw/ |
| wilderness {n} (uncultivated tract of land) | :: برية {f} /barriyya/ |
| wildfire {n} (rapidly spreading fire) | :: حريق هائل {m} /ḥarīq hāʾil/ |
| wildfire {n} (Greek fire) SEE: Greek fire | :: |
| wildlife {n} (animals and plants in their natural environment) | :: الحياة البرية {f} /al-ḥayāh al-barriyya/ |
| wild service tree {n} (Sorbus torminalis) | :: غبيراء ممغصة |
| wild thyme {n} (species of flowering plant in the mint family) | :: زعتر بري {m} /zaʿtar barriyy/, نمام {m} /nammām/ |
| wild turkey {n} (Meleagris gallopavo) | :: ديك رومي /dīk rūmī/ |
| will {v} (indicating future action) | :: سوف /sawfa/ + present tense, س /sa-/ + present tense, رح /raḥ/ |
| will {n} (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition) | :: رغبة {f} /raḡba/ |
| will {n} (legal document) | :: وصية {f} /waṣiyya/ |
| William {prop} (male given name) | :: ويليام {m} /wilyām/, وليم {m} /wilyam/ |
| willingly {adv} (of one’s own free will) | :: طوعا {m} /ṭawʿan/, طواعية {f} /ṭawāʿiyatan/ |
| willow {n} (tree) | :: صفصاف {m} /ṣafṣāf/, غرب {m} /ḡarab/, خلاف {m} /ḵilāf/ |
| willy-nilly {adv} (whether desired or not) | :: طوعا أو كرها /ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan/ |
| willy-nilly {adv} (without regard for consequences or wishes of those involved) | :: طوعا أو كرها /ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan/ |
| will you marry me {phrase} (marriage proposal) | :: هل ستتزوجينني؟ /hal sa-tatazawwajīna-nī?/ |
| win {v} (transitive: achieve victory in) | :: ربح /rabiḥa/, كسب /kasaba/, فاز /fāza/, |
| win {v} (to gain a prize) | :: ربح /rabiḥa/ |
| Winchester {prop} (city in England) | :: ونشستر /winšistar/ |
| wind {n} (movement of air) | :: ريح {f} /rīḥ/ |
| Windhoek {prop} (capital of Namibia) | :: ويندهوك {m} /windhūk/ |
| wind instrument {n} (type of musical instrument) | :: آلة الفم {f} /ʾālati l-fam/ |
| windmill {n} (machine) | :: طاحونة هوائية {f} |
| window {n} (opening for light and air) | :: نافذة {f} /nāfiḏa/, شباك {m} /šubbāk/, طاقة {f} /ṭāqa/ |
| window {n} (area on a computer screen) | :: نافذة {f} /nāfiḏa/ |
| window {n} (shop window) SEE: shop window | :: |
| window frame {n} (framework around a window) | :: إطار النافذة {m} /ʾiṭār an-nāfiḏa/ |
| Windows {prop} (Microsoft Windows) | :: ويندوز {m} |
| windpipe {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| windpipe {n} (trachea) | :: رغامى {f} /ruḡāmā/, قصبة هوائية {f} /qaṣaba hawāʾiyya/ |
| windscreen {n} (windshield) SEE: windshield | :: |
| windscreen wiper {n} (a device to clear a windscreen) SEE: windshield wiper | :: |
| windshield {n} (screen located in front of a vehicle to protect from wind and weather) | :: زجاج السيارة الأمامي /zujāj as-sayyāra(t) al-ʾamāmiyy/ |
| windshield wiper {n} (device to clear a windshield) | :: ممسحة الزجاج {f} /mimsaḥatu z-zujāji/ |
| Windsor bean {n} (fava bean) SEE: broad bean | :: |
| windy {n} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| windy {adj} | :: عاصف /ʿāṣif/ |
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from grapes) | :: نبيذ {m} /nabīḏ/, خمر {f} /ḵamr/ |
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from other fruit or vegetables) | :: خمر {f} /ḵamr/, نبيذ {m} /nabīḏ/ |
| wine {v} (drink wine) | :: يشرب الخمر |
| wine from unpressed grapes {n} (wine) | :: سلاف {m} /sulāf/ |
| wine glass {n} (glass vessel for drinking wine from) | :: كأس الخمر |
| wing {n} (part of an animal) | :: جناح {m} /janāḥ/, plural: أجنحة {p} /ʾajniḥa/ |
| wing {n} (extension to a main body) | :: جناح {m} /janāḥ/, plural: أجنحة {p} /ʾajniḥa/ |
| wing {n} (fraction of a political movement) | :: جناح {m} /janāḥ/, plural: أجنحة {p} /ʾajniḥa/ |
| wing {n} | :: جناح {m} /janāḥ/ |
| wing {v} (to fly) SEE: fly | :: |
| wing {v} (to throw) SEE: throw | :: |
| wink {v} (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion) | :: غمز /ḡamaza/ |
| wink {n} (a blink) | :: غمزة {f} /ḡamza/ |
| winner {n} (one who has won or often wins) | :: فائز {m} /fāʾiz/ |
| Winnie the Pooh {prop} (the fictional bear) | :: ويني-ذا-بوه |
| Winnipeg {prop} (capital of Manitoba) | :: وينيبيغ {m} /winipīḡ/ |
| win over {v} (to persuade) SEE: persuade | :: |
| winter {n} (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures) | :: شتاء {m} /šitāʾ/ |
| winter cherry {n} (bladder cherry) SEE: bladder cherry | :: |
| wintry {adj} (suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy) | :: شتوي /šatawiyy/ |
| wipe {v} (remove surface substance) | :: مسح /masaḥa/ |
| wiper {n} (something used for wiping) | :: ممسحة {f} /mimsaḥa/, ممسح {m} /mimsaḥ/ |
| wire {n} (thin thread of metal) | :: سلك {m} /silk/ |
| wire {n} (informal: telegraph) SEE: telegraph | :: |
| wire {n} (informal: message transmitted by telegraph) SEE: telegram | :: |
| wire cutters {n} (hand tool) | :: قاطع الأسلاك {m} /qāṭiʿu l-ʾaslāk/ |
| wireless {adj} (not having any wires) | :: لاسلكي /lāsilkiyy/ |
| wireless {adj} (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) | :: لاسلكي /lāsilkiyy/ |
| Wisconsin {prop} (state of the United States of America) | :: ويسكنسن {m} /wiskunsin/, ويسكونسن {m} /wiskunsin/, ويسكونسين /wiskunsin/ |
| wisdom {n} (element of personal character) | :: حكمة {f} /ḥikma/ |
| wisdom {n} (piece of wise advice) | :: حكمة {f} /ḥikma/ |
| wisdom tooth {n} (rearmost molar in humans) | :: درس العقل {m} /dirs al-ʿaql/ |
| wise {adj} (showing good judgement) | :: حكيم /ḥakīm/ |
| -wise {suffix} (in the direction or orientation of) | :: باتجاه, مع /maʿ/ |
| wisent {n} (European bison, Bison bonasus) | :: بيسون أوروبي {m} /baysūn ʾurubbiyy/ |
| wish {n} (desire) | :: أمنية {f} /ʾumniyya/, رغبة {f} /raḡba/, منية {f} /munya/ |
| wish {v} (to hope for an outcome) | :: تمنى /tamannā/ |
| wisp {n} (a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance) | :: خصلة {f} /ḵuṣla/ , حزمة {f} /ḥuzma/ , خيط {m} /ḵayṭ/ |
| wit {n} (intellectual ability) | :: وعي, إدراك |
| wit {n} (intelligence) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| witch {n} (person who uses magic) | :: ساحرة {f} |
| witchcraft {n} (the practice of witches) | :: سحر {m} /siḥr/ |
| witch-hunt {n} (persecution of persons believed to be using magic) | :: مطاردة الساحرات {f} /muṭāradatu s-sāḥirāti/ |
| with {prep} (in the company of) | :: مع /maʿa/ |
| with {prep} (in addition to) | :: ب /bi-/ |
| with {prep} (by means of) | :: ب /bi-/ |
| with a grain of salt {adv} (with common sense and skepticism) | :: في محل شك |
| withdraw {v} (extract (money from an account)) | :: سحب /saḥaba/ |
| withdraw {v} (retreat) | :: تراجع /tarājaʿa/ |
| withdrawal {n} (act of withdrawing) | :: انسحاب {m} /insiḥāb/ |
| wither {v} ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up) | :: صعق /ṣaʿaqa/ |
| withhold {v} (to keep an object) | :: إحتفاظ (بشيء) للنفس |
| withhold {v} (to keep information) | :: كتم |
| withhold {v} (to retain) | :: إستئثار |
| within {prep} (spatial enclosure) | :: داخل /dāḵil/ |
| within {prep} (before the specified duration ends) | :: في خلال /fī ḵilāl/ |
| with one hand tied behind one's back {adv} (hands down) SEE: hands down | :: |
| without {prep} (not having) | :: بدون /bi-dūna/, بغير /bi-ḡayri/, بلا /bi-lā/ |
| without a doubt {prep} (certainly) SEE: certainly | :: |
| without a doubt {prep} (probably) SEE: probably | :: |
| with pleasure {prep} (willingly, without argument) | :: برغبة /bi-raḡba/, بمتعة /bi-matʿa/ |
| withspeak {v} (speak against) SEE: oppose | :: |
| withspeak {v} (contradict) SEE: contradict | :: |
| withstand {v} (to resist) | :: قاوم /qāwama/ |
| witness {n} (attestation of a fact or event) | :: شهادة {f} /šahāda/ |
| witness {n} (one who has a personal knowledge of something) | :: شاهد /šāhid/, شهيد /šahīd/ |
| witness {n} (someone called to give evidence in a court) | :: شاهد {m} /šāhid/ |
| witness {n} (something that serves as evidence) | :: شاهد {m} /šāhid/, شواهد {p} /šawāhid/ |
| witness {v} ((transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience) | :: شهد /šahida/ |
| wizard {n} (person skilled with magic) | :: ساحر {m} /sāḥir/ |
| wizardess {n} (sorceress) SEE: sorceress | :: |
| woad {n} (Isatis tinctoria) | :: وسمة {f} /wasma/, سدوس {m} /sudūs/ |
| wobbler {n} (tantrum) SEE: tantrum | :: |
| woe {n} (grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity) | :: ويل /wayl/ |
| wok {n} (large round pan) | :: ووك {m} /wūk/ |
| woke {adj} (alert of what is happening) | :: يقظ /yaqiẓ/, نبه /nabih/ |
| wolf {n} (animal) | :: ذئب {m} /ḏiʾb/ |
| wolf {v} (to devour) | :: التهم بشراهة /iltahama bi-šarāha/ |
| wolf {n} (constellation) SEE: Lupus | :: |
| wolfberry {n} (Lycium) | :: عوسج {m} /ʿawsaj/, لساس {m} /lusās/ |
| Wolfgang {prop} (male given name) | :: فولفغانغ |
| wolfram {n} (tungsten) SEE: tungsten | :: |
| wolfsbane {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite | :: |
| wolf spider {n} (any of several spiders of the family Lycosidae) | :: عنكبوت ذئبي /ʿankabūt ḏiʾbiyy/ |
| Wolverhampton {prop} (city) | :: ولفرهامبتن |
| wolverine {n} (Gulo gulo) | :: شره {m} /šarih/, ولفيرين {m} /wulfīrīn/ |
| woman {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| woman {n} (adult female person) | :: امرأة {f} /imraʾa/ , المرأة {f} /al-maraʾa/ , نساء {f-p} /nisāʾ/ |
| womanizer {n} (habitual seducer of women) | :: زير نساء {m} /zīr nisāʾ/, متأنق {m} /mutaʾanniq/ |
| womanliness {n} (femininity) SEE: femininity | :: |
| womanly {adj} (having the characteristics of a woman) | :: نسوي /nisawiyy/ |
| womb {n} (uterus) | :: رحم {m} /raḥim/, بيت الولد {m} /bayt al-walid/ |
| womb {n} (belly) SEE: belly | :: |
| wombat {n} (marsupial) | :: ومبت {m} /wumbat/ |
| Women {prop} (4th sura of the Qur'an) | :: سورة النساء |
| wonder {n} (something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel) | :: عجب {m} /ʿajab/ |
| wonderful {adj} (excellent, extremely impressive) | :: عجيب /ʿajīb/ |
| wonton {n} (Chinese dumpling) | :: وونتون {m} /wūntūn/, وانتان {m} /wāntān/ |
| woo {v} (to endeavor to gain someone's affection) | :: تودد /tawaddada/ |
| wood {n} (substance) | :: خشب {m} /ḵašab/ |
| wood apple {n} (Limonia acidissima) | :: تفاح الخشب |
| wood cudweed {n} (Gnaphalium sylvaticum) | :: برسية حرجية /barsiyya ḥarbiyya/ |
| woodcutter {n} (lumberjack) SEE: lumberjack | :: |
| wooden {adj} (made of wood) | :: خشبي /ḵašabiyy/ |
| woodie {n} (erection) SEE: erection | :: |
| woodlouse {n} (any species of suborder Oniscidea) | :: قمل الخشب {m} /qaml al-ḵašab/ |
| woodpecker {n} (bird in Picinae) | :: نقار الخشب {m} /naqār al-ḵašab/ |
| wood pigeon {n} (Columba palumbus) | :: ورشان {m} /warašān/ |
| woods {n} (forest) SEE: forest | :: |
| woodwind instrument {n} (musical instrument) | :: آلة نفخ خشبية {f} /ʾāla(t) nafḵ ḵašabiyya/ |
| woof {n} (sound of a dog) | :: هو هو /haw haw/ |
| wool {n} (hair of sheep, etc.) | :: صوف {m} /ṣūf/ |
| wool {n} (cloth or yarn) | :: صوف {m} /ṣūf/ |
| woolen {adj} (made of wool) | :: صوفي /ṣūfiyy/ |
| Woozle effect {prop} (phenomenon whereby frequent citation of earlier publications leads to a mistaken public belief in something for which there is no evidence) | :: تأثير ووزل |
| Worcester {prop} (city in England) | :: وستر /wustar/ |
| word {n} (unit of language) | :: كلمة {f} /kalima/ |
| word {n} (something which has been said) | :: كلمة {f} /kalima/, كلام {m} /kalām/, قول {m} /qawl/ |
| word {n} (Christ) | :: كلمة الله |
| word {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| Word {n} (Creative word of God) | :: كلمة الله |
| wordbook {n} (dictionary) SEE: dictionary | :: |
| word for word {adv} (in exactly the same words) SEE: verbatim | :: |
| word-hoard {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary | :: |
| word order {n} (order of syntactic constituents) | :: نظام كلم {m} /naẓām kalam/ |
| words {n} (lyrics) SEE: lyrics | :: |
| wordster {n} (one who uses words instead of actions) SEE: hypocrite | :: |
| word-stock {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary | :: |
| work {n} (labour, employment, occupation, job) | :: عمل {m} /ʿamal/, شغل {m} /šuḡl/, خدمة {f} /ḵidma/, وظيفة {f} /waẓīfa/ |
| work {n} | :: عمل {m} /ʿamal/ |
| work {v} (to do a specific task) | :: عمل /ʿamila/, اشتغل /ištaḡala/ |
| workbench {n} (sturdy table) | :: طاولة العمل {f} /ṭāwilat al-ʿamal/ |
| worker {n} (person who performs labor) | :: عامل {m} /ʿāmil/, عاملة {f} /ʿāmila/ |
| workers of the world, unite {phrase} (workers of the world, unite) | :: يا عمال العالم اتحدوا! /yā ʿummāl al-ʿālam ittaḥidū!/, يا عمال العالم اتحدوا! /yā ʿummāl al-ʿālam ittaḥidū!/ |
| working class {n} (social class doing physical work) | :: الطبقة العاملة {f} /aṭ-ṭabaqa l-ʿāmila/ |
| workman {n} | :: عامل {m} /ʿāmil/ |
| workmate {n} (coworker) SEE: coworker | :: |
| workplace {n} (place where someone works) | :: مكان العمل |
| workshop {n} (small manufacturing room) | :: مشغل {m} /mašḡal/, ورشة {f} /warša/ |
| worksome {adj} (industrious) SEE: industrious | :: |
| workstead {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| work up {v} (To develop) SEE: develop | :: |
| world {n} (human collective existence) | :: عالم {m} /ʿālam/ |
| world {n} (the universe) | :: عالم {m} /ʿālam/ |
| world {n} (the Earth) | :: عالم {m} /ʿālam/, دنيا /dunyā/ |
| world {n} (inhabited planet) | :: عالم {m} /ʿālam/, دنيا /dunyā/ |
| world {n} (individual or group perspective or social setting) | :: عالم {m} /ʿālam/, دنيا /dunyā/ |
| World Exposition {n} (a regular international exposition) | :: معرض عالمي {m} /maʿriḍ ʿālamiyy/ |
| world's oldest profession {n} (euphemism for prostitution) | :: أقدم مهنة {f} /ʾaqdam mihna/ |
| World Trade Center {prop} (former complex of buildings) | :: مركز التجارة العالمية /markaz at-tijāra l-ʿālamiyya/ |
| World Trade Organization {prop} (World Trade Organization) | :: منظمة التجارة العالمية {f} /munaẓẓamat at-tijāra l-ʿālamiyya/, WTO /WTO/ |
| world war {n} (a war involving the major nations of the world) | :: الحرب العالمية {f} /al-ḥarb al-ʿālamiyya/ |
| World War I {prop} (war) | :: الحرب العالمية الأولى {f} /al-ḥarbu l-ʿālamiyyatu l-ʾūlā/ |
| World War II {prop} (war from 1939 to 1945) | :: الحرب العالمية الثانية {f} /al-ḥarbu l-ʿālamiyyatu ṯ-ṯāniya/ |
| World War III {prop} (hypothetical world war (World War III)) | :: الحرب العالمية الثالثة {f} /al-ḥarbu l-ʿālamiyyatu ṯ-ṯāliṯa/ |
| World War IV {prop} (hypothetical world war (World War IV)) | :: الحرب العالمية الرابعة {f} |
| World War One {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I | :: |
| World War Two {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II | :: |
| worldwide {adj} (affecting every place in the world) | :: عالمي الانتشار /ʿālamī l-intišār/, عالمي /ʿālamiyy/ |
| World Wide Web {prop} (information space on the Internet) | :: شبكة عنكبوتية عالمية {f} /šabaka ʿankabūtiyya ʿālamiyya/ |
| worm {n} (animal) | :: دودة {f} /dūda/, دود {p} /dūd/ |
| worm {n} (contemptible being) | :: شخص دنيء {m} /šaḵṣ danīʾ/ |
| wormhole {n} (a shortcut between distant parts of space) | :: ثقب دودي {m} /ṯaqb dūdiyy/, ممر دودي {m} /mamarr dūdiyy/ |
| wormwood {n} (Artemisia absinthium) | :: حبق الراعي {m} /ḥabaq ar-rāʿiyy/ |
| worried {adj} (thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen) | :: قلق /qaliq/ |
| worry {v} (be troubled) | :: قلق /qaliqa/ |
| worry {n} (strong feeling of anxiety) | :: قلق {m} /qalaq/ |
| worry {v} (strangle) SEE: strangle | :: |
| worse {adj} (comparative form of bad) | :: أسوأ /ʾaswaʾ/ |
| worship {n} (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) | :: عبادة {f} /ʿibāda/ |
| worship {n} | :: عبادة {f} /ʿibāda/ |
| worship {v} (to honor and adore, especially as a deity) | :: عبد /ʿabada/, سجد /sajada/ |
| worship {v} (to participate in religious ceremonies) | :: سجد /sajada/ |
| worshipper {n} (person who worships) | :: عابد {m} {s} /ʿābidun/, عابدون {m} {p} /ʿābiduwna/, عابدة {f} {s} /ʿābidatun/, عابدات {f} {p} /ʿābidātun/ |
| worst {adj} (most inferior) | :: (+ ال + al-) أسوأ /ʾaswaʾ/ |
| worth {adj} (equal in value to) | :: ماثل /māṯala/ |
| worth {adj} (deserving of) | :: استحق /istaḥaqqa/ |
| worth {adj} (making a fair equivalent of) | :: استحق /istaḥaqqa/ |
| worth {n} (value) | :: قيمة {f} /qīma/ |
| worthless {adj} (not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential) | :: لا قيمة له /lā qimata lahu/ |
| would like {v} (transitive) | :: ود /wadda/ |
| wound {n} (injury) | :: جرح {m} /jurḥ/ |
| wound {v} (hurt or injure) | :: جرح /jaraḥa/ |
| wounded {adj} (suffering from a wound) | :: جريح /jarīḥ/, مجروح /majrūḥ/ |
| woundwort {n} (genus Stachys) | :: قسطران {m} /qasṭarān/ |
| wrap {v} (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc) | :: لف /laffa/, غلف /ḡallafa/ |
| wrapper {n} (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) | :: غلاف {m} /ḡilāf/ |
| wreath {n} (ornamental circular band) | :: إكليل {m} /ʾiklīl/ |
| wreck {n} (collision) | :: تصادم {m} /taṣāddum/ |
| wren {n} (bird of family Troglodytidae) | :: صعو {m} /ṣaʿw/, وصع {m} /waṣʿ/ |
| wrench {n} (screw) SEE: screw | :: |
| wrench {n} (hand tool) | :: مفتاح ربط {m} /miftāḥu rabṭ/ |
| wrest {v} (to seize) SEE: seize | :: |
| wrest {v} (to obtain by pulling or violent force) | :: انتزع /intazaʿa/ |
| wrest {v} (to distort, pervert, twist) SEE: distort | :: |
| wrestling {n} (sport) | :: مصارعة {m} /muṣāraʿa/ |
| wretch {n} (exile) SEE: exile | :: |
| wrinkle {n} (furrow in a smooth surface) | :: جعدة {f} /jaʿda/ |
| wrinkle {n} (line or crease in the skin) | :: تجعد {m} /tajaʿʿud/, جعدة {f} /jaʿda/ |
| wrinkled {adj} (having many wrinkles) | :: مغضن /muḡaḍḍan/ |
| wrist {n} (wrist) | :: معصم {m} /miʿṣam/, رسغ {m} /rusḡ/ |
| write {v} (to form letters, etc.) | :: كتب /kataba/ |
| write {v} (to send a letter to) | :: كاتب /kātaba/ |
| write {v} (to be the author of) | :: ألف /aʾallaf/ |
| writer {n} (person who writes; an author) | :: كاتب {m} /kātib/, مؤلف {m} /muʾallif/, كاتبة {f} /kātiba/ |
| writing {n} (written letters or symbols) | :: كتابة {f} /kitāba/ |
| writing {n} (something written) | :: كتابة {f} /kitāba/ |
| Wroclaw {prop} (a city in southwestern Poland) | :: فروتزواف {m} /frutzuwaf/ |
| wrong {adj} (incorrect) | :: خطأ /ḵaṭaʾ/ |
| wrong {v} (to treat unjustly) | :: ظلم /ẓalama/ |
| wrong number {n} (A call with a mistake in the number dialled) | :: رقم غير صحيح {m} /raqm ḡayr ṣaḥīḥ/, رقم خاطئ {m} /raqm ḵāṭiʾ/ |
| WSC {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| Wu {prop} (one of the families of the Chinese language) | :: وو {m} /wū/ |
| Wu {prop} (Chinese surname) | :: وو /wū/ |
| wudu {n} (ritual washing after minor impurity) | :: وضوء /wuḍūʾ/ |
| Wu-han {prop} (Wuhan) SEE: Wuhan | :: |
| Wuhan {prop} (sub-provincial city in central China) | :: ووهان {m} /wuhān/, ووخان {m} /wuḵān/ |
| Wulumuqi {prop} (Capital of Xinjiang) SEE: Ürümqi | :: |
| wushu {n} (martial art) | :: الووشو {m} /al-wūšū/ |
| Wuxi {prop} (a city of China) | :: ووشي {m} /wušī/ |
| WW1 {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I | :: |
| wy {n} (name of the letter Y, y) SEE: wye | :: |
| wye {n} (name of the letter Y, y) | :: إي غريكا {f} /ʾī ḡrīkā/, واي {m} /wāy/ |
| Wyoming {prop} (US state) | :: وايومنغ {m} /wayūminḡ/ |