Animals in Modern Standard Arabic

Animals in Modern Standard Arabic

animalɧayawānunحَيَوانٌ
petɧayawānun ʔalīfunحَيَوانٌ أَليفٌ
Do you have any pets?hal ladayka ʔayyu ɧayawānātin ʔalīfatin?هَلْ لَدَيْكَ أَيُّ حَيَواناتٍ أَليفَةٍ؟
dogkalbun (kilābun)كَلْبٌ (كِلابٌ)
catqiʈʈatun (qiʈaʈun)قِطَّةٌ (قِطَطٌ)
I like cats, but I don’t like dogs so much.ʔuɧibbu -lqiʈaʈa, lakinnanī lā ʔuɧibbu -lkilāba kaŧīran.أُحِبُّ القِطَطَ، لَكِنَّني لا أُحِبُّ الكِلابَ كَثيرًا.
cageqafaʂun (ʔaqfāʂun)قَفَصٌ (أَقْفاصٌ)
kennelbaytu -lkalbi (buyūtu -lkilābi)بَيْتُ الكَلْبِ (بُيوتُ الكِلابِ)
kennelbītu -lɧayawānāti (buyūtu -lɧayawānāti)بيتُ الحَيَواناتِ (بُيوتُ الحَيَواناتِ)
leashɧablu [kalbin] (ɧibālu [kilābin])حَبْلُ [كَلْبٍ] (حِبالُ [كِلابٍ])
dog collarʈawqu kalbin (ʔaʈwāqu kilābin)طَوْقُ كَلْبٍ (أَطْواقُ كِلابٍ)
to traindarraba [2s]دَرَّبَ
(pet) food, feedʈa3āmu -lɧayawānāti -lʔalīfatiطَعامُ الحَيَواناتِ الأَليفَةِ
to feedʔaʈ3ama [4s]أَطْعَمَ
beardubbun (dibabatun)دُبٌّ (دِبَبَةٌ)
beaverqundusun (qanādisu)قُنْدُسٌ (قَنادِسُ)
buffalojāmūsatun (jawāmīsu)جاموسَةٌ (جَواميسُ)
cheetahfahdun (fuhūdun)فَهْدٌ (فُهودٌ)
deer, gazelleɣazālun (ɣizlānun)غَزالٌ (غِزْلانٌ)
elephantfīlun (fiyalatun)فيلٌ (فِيَلَةٌ)
foxŧa3labun (ŧŧa3ālibu)ثَعْلَبٌ (ثَّعالِبُ)
giraffezarāfatunزَرافَةٌ
hippopotamusfarasu -nnahriفَرَسُ النَّهْرِ
kangarookunɣurun (kanāɣiru)كُنْغُرٌ (كَناغِرُ)
koalaaddubbu -lʔusturāliyyuالدُّبُّ الأُسْتُرالِيُّ
koalakuwālāكُوالا
leopardannamiru -lmuraqqaʈuالنَّمِرُ المُرَقَّطُ
lionʔasadun (ʔusūdun)أَسَدٌ (أُسودٌ)
mouse; ratfaʔrun (fiʔrānun)فَأْرٌ (فِئْرانٌ)
mouse; ratjirđun (jirđānun)جِرْذٌ (جِرْذانٌ)
polar beardubbun quʈbiyyunدُبٌّ قُطْبِيٌّ
rabbitʔarnabun (ʔarānibu)أَرْنَبٌ (أَرانِبُ)
rhinoceroswaɧīdu -lqarniوَحيدُ القَرْنِ
skunkʐurbānunظُرْبانٌ
squirrelsinjābun (sanājibu)سِنْجابٌ (سَناجِبُ)
tigernamirun (numūru)نَمِرٌ (نُمورُ)
wolfđiʔbun (điʔābun)ذِئْبٌ (ذِئابٌ)
seal3ijlu -lbaɧriعِجْلُ البَحْرِ
sealfuqmatunفُقْمَةٌ
sealionʔasadu -lbaɧriأَسَدُ البَحْرِ
dolphindūlfīnunدولْفينٌ
whaleɧūtun (ɧītānun)حوتٌ (حيتانٌ)
birdʈāʔirun (ʈuyūrun)طائِرٌ (طُيورٌ)
canarykanāriyyunكَنارِيٌّ
crow, ravenɣurābun (ɣirbānun)غُرابٌ (غِرْبانٌ)
dovesyamāmunيَمامٌ
eagle, condor, vulturenisrun (nusūrun)نِسْرٌ (نُسورٌ)
hawk, falconʂaqrun (ʂuqūrun)صَقْرٌ (صُقورٌ)
ostrichna3āmatun (na3āmun)نَعامَةٌ (نَعامٌ)
parrotbabbaɣāʔun (babbaɣāwātun)بَبَّغاءٌ (بَبَّغاواتٌ)
peacockʈāwūsun (ʈawāwīsu)طاووسٌ (طَواويسُ)
penguinbiʈrīqun (baʈārīqu)بِطْريقٌ (بَطاريقُ)
pigeonsɧamāmunحَمامٌ
seagullnawrasun (nawārisu)نَوْرَسٌ (نَوارِسُ)
small bird (sparrow, finch, etc.)3uʂfūrun (3aʂāfīru)عُصْفورٌ (عَصافيرُ)
storklaqlaqun (laqāliqu)لَقْلَقٌ (لَقالِقُ)
swallowsunūnūسُنونو
swantammunتَمٌّ
reptileszawāɧifunزَواحِفٌ
cobrakōbrāكوْبْرا
crocodiletimsāɧun (tamāsīɧu)تِمْساحٌ (تَماسيحُ)
lizardsiɧliyyatun (saɧālin)سِحْلِيَّةٌ (سَحالٍ)
snakeŧu3bānun (ŧa3ābīnu)ثُعْبانٌ (ثَعابينُ)
turtle, tortoisesulaɧfātun (salāɧifu)سُلَحْفاةٌ (سَلاحِفُ)
frogɖifda3un (ɖafādi3u)ضِفْدَعٌ (ضَفادِعُ)
fishsamakatun (ʔasmākun)سَمَكَةٌ (أَسْماكٌ)
shark[samakatu] qiršin ([ʔasmāku] qiršin)[سَمَكَةُ] قِرْشٍ ([أَسْماكُ] قِرْشٍ)
jellyfishqindīlu -lbaɧri (qanādīlu -lbaɧri)قِنْديلُ البَحْرِ (قَناديلُ البَحْرِ)
insect, bugɧašaratunحَشَرَةٌ
antsnamlunنَمْلٌ
beesnaɧlunنَحْلٌ
A bee stung me.ladaɣatnī naɧlatun.لَدَغَتْني نَحْلَةٌ.
bee-stingladɣatu naɧlatinلَدْغَةُ نَحْلَةٍ
beehivexaliyyatu naɧlinخَلِيَّةُ نَحْلٍ
beetlexunfusāʔu (xanāfisu)خُنْفُساءُ (خَنافِسُ)
butterflyfarāšatunفَراشَةٌ
cockroachʂurʂūrun (ʂarāʂīru)صُرْصورٌ (صَراصيرُ)
cricketʂurʂūru -llayliصُرْصورُ اللَّيْلِ
dragon-flyya3sūbun (ya3āsību)يَعْسوبٌ (يَعاسيبُ)
fleaburɣūŧun (barāɣīŧu)بُرْغوثٌ (بَراغيثُ)
fliesđubābunذُبابٌ
grasshopper, locustjundubun (janādibu)جُنْدُبٌ (جَنادِبُ)
liceqamlunقَمْلٌ
The child has head lice.yu3ānī -ʈʈiflu min qamli -rraʔsi.يُعاني الطِّفْلُ مِنْ قَمْلِ الرَّأْسِ.
The child has head lice.aʈʈiflu muʂābun bi-qamli -rraʔsi.الطِّفْلُ مُصابٌ بِقَمْلِ الرَّأْسِ.
mosquitoesba3ūɖunبَعوضٌ
mosquito biteladɣatu ba3ūɖatinلَدْغَةُ بَعوضَةٍ
A mosquito bit me.ladaɣatnī ba3ūɖatun.لَدَغَتْني بَعوضَةٌ.
moths3uŧunعُثٌ
scorpion3aqrabun (3aqāribu)عَقْرَبٌ (عَقارِبُ)
snailɧalazūnun (ɧalāzīnu)حَلَزونٌ (حَلازينُ)
spider3ankabūtun (3anākibu)عَنْكَبوتٌ (عَناكِبُ)
spider webnasīju 3ankabūtinنَسيجُ عَنْكَبوتٍ
spider webšabakatu 3ankabūtunشَبَكَةُ عَنْكَبوتٌ
I’m afraid of spiders.ʔana ʔaxāfu mina -l3anākibi.أَنا أَخافُ مِنَ العَناكِبِ.
waspdabbūrun (dabābīru)دَبّورٌ (دَبابيرُ)
wormsdūdunدودٌ
beak, billminqārun (manāqīru)مِنْقارٌ (مَناقيرُ)
claw, talonmixlabun (maxālibu)مِخْلَبٌ (مَخالِبُ)
feathersrīšunريشٌ
feeler, antennaqarnu -stiš3ārinقَرْنُ اسْتِشْعارٍ
furfarwunفَرْوٌ
furfirāʔunفِراءٌ
horn, antlerqarnun (qurūnun)قَرْنٌ (قُرونٌ)
paw, legrijlun (ʔarjulun)رِجْلٌ (أَرْجُلٌ)
tailđaylun (đuyūlun)ذَيْلٌ (ذُيولٌ)
udder, teatsɖar3un (ɖurū3un)ضَرْعٌ (ضُروعٌ)
wingjanāɧun (ʔajniɧatun)جَناحٌ (أَجْنِحَةٌ)

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