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Arabic: Occupations
Modern Standard Arabic: Occupations & fields of study
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| accountant | مُحَاسِب | muḥāsib |
| accounting | المُحاسَبة | al muHaasaba |
| acting | التَّمْثِيل | at-tamthīl |
| approximately | تَقْرِيبًا | taqrīban |
| arithmetic | الحِسَاب | al-ḥisāb |
| Army | جَيْش | jaysh |
| artist | فَنَّان | fannān |
| beginning / start (general) | بِدَايَة | bidāyah |
| beginning / start / origin (from rise) | مَطْلَع | maṭlaʿ |
| biology | الأَحْيَاء | al-aḥyāʾ |
| boys school | مَدْرَسَة لِلْبَنِينِ | madrasa lil-banīn |
| branch (office) | فَرْع | farʿ |
| break (rest period) | اسْتِرَاحَة | istirāḥah |
| business / trade / commercial | تِجَارِيّ | tijāriyy |
| business management | ِإدارةُ الأعمال | ‘idaaratu al ‘a3maali |
| businessman | رِجل إدارة | rajul ‘idaarat |
| calendar | التَّقْوِيم | at-taqwīm |
| carpenter | نَجَّار | najjār |
| chemistry | الكِيمِيَاء | al-kīmiyāʾ |
| class / classes (group of students) | صَفّ / صُفُوف | ṣaff / ṣufūf |
| class / classes (course) | حِصَّة / حِصَص | ḥiṣṣah / ḥiṣaṣ |
| classroom / classrooms | فَصْل / فُصُول | faṣl / fuṣūl |
| (the) class schedule | جَدْوَلُ الحِصَصِ | jadwalu al-ḥiṣaṣi |
| college | كُلِّيَّة | kullīyah |
| company | شَرِكة | sharika |
| compound (enclosure) | مُجَمَّع | mujammaʿ |
| computer engineer | مُهَنْدِس كَمْبِيوتَر | muhandis kambyuutar |
| computer science | عِلْم الحاسوب | ‘i3lm al Haasuub |
| dentist | طَبِيب أَسْنَان | ṭabīb asnān |
| department | قِسْم | qism |
| diligent | مُجْتَهِد | mujtahid |
| doctor | طَبيب / ة | Tabiib / a |
| economics | الإقتِصاد | al ‘iqtiSaad |
| electrician | كَهْرَبائي | kahrabaa’ii |
| employee (m / f) | مُوَظَّف / ة | muwaDHDHaf / a |
| English language | اللُّغَة الإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة | al-lughah al-injlīzīyah |
| engineering | الهَنْدَسة | al handisa |
| farmer | فلاح / مَزارِع | (falaaH / mazaari3) |
| first hour | السَّاعَة الأُولَى | as-sāʿah al-ūlā |
| first period | الحِصَّة الأُولَى | al-ḥiṣṣah al-ūlā |
| first semester | الفَصْل الدِّرَاسِي الأَوَّل | al-faṣl ad-dirāsī al-awwal |
| foreign (adjective) | أَجْنَبِيّ | ajnabiyy |
| foreign (plural) | أَجَانِب | ajānib |
| foreign languages | اللُّغَات الأَجْنَبِيَّة | al-lughāt al-ajnabīyah |
| French | الفَرَنْسِيَّة | al-faransīyah |
| geography | الجُغْرَافِيَا | al-jughrāfiyā |
| geology | الجِيُولُوجِيَا | al-jīyūlūjīyā |
| girls school | مَدْرَسَة لِلْبَنَاتِ | madrasa lil-banāt |
| half-year break | إِجَازَةُ / عُطْلَة نِصْفِ العَامِ | ijāzat / ʿuṭlat niṣf al-ʿām |
| high school diploma | شَهَادَة الثَّانَوِيَّة العَامَّة | shahādat ath-thānawīyah al-ʿāmmah |
| history | التّاريخ | at taariikh |
| homemaker | رَبة بَيت | rabat bayt |
| international relations | العَلاقات الدُّوَليّة | al ‘a3laaqaat ad duwaliiya |
| is located / lies | يَقَعُ | yaqaʿu |
| judge | قاضي | qaaDii |
| law | القانون | al qaanuun |
| lawyer (a / m / f) | مُحامٍ / مُحامي / مُحامية | muHaamin / muHaamii / muHaamiia |
| lazy | كَسُول | kasūl |
| leader | قَائِد | qā’id |
| lecture / lectures | مُحَاضَرَة / مُحَاضَرَات | muḥāḍarah / muḥāḍarāt |
| lecturer | مُحَاضِر | muḥāḍir |
| literature track/department | الْقِسْم الأَدَبِي | al-qism al-adabī |
| mathematics | الرِّيَاضِيَّات | ar-riyāḍiyyāt |
| mechanical engineer | مُهَنْدِس ميكانيكي | muhandis miikaaniikii |
| medicine | الطِّب | aT Tib |
| minister | وَزِير | wazīr |
| music | المُسِيقَى | al-mūsīqā |
| Navy | بَحْرية | baHriia |
| nurse | مُمَرِّض / ة | mumarriD / a |
| officer | ضابِط | DaabiT |
| painter | رَسَّام | rassām |
| painting (action) | الرَّسْم | ar-rasm |
| painting (artwork) | اللَّوْحَة | al-lawḥah |
| paralegal | سِكِرْتيرة قانونية | sikirtiira qaanuuniia |
| patient / patients | مَريض / مَرضى | (mariiD / marDaa) |
| phase / stage | مَرْحَلَة | marḥalah |
| pharmacist | صَيْدَلِيّ | ṣaydalīy |
| philosophy | الفَلْسَفَة | al-falsafah |
| physical education | التَّرْبِيَة البَدَنِيَّة | at-tarbiyah al-badanīyah |
| physics | الفِيزْيَاء | al-fīzyāʾ |
| pilot | طَيَّار | ṭayyār |
| playing a musical instrument | العَزْف عَلَى آلَةٍ مُوسِيقِيَّةٍ | al-ʿazf ʿalā ālatin mūsīqīyah |
| policeman | شُرْطِيّ | shurṭiyy |
| private school | مَدْرَسَة خَاصَّة | madrasah khāṣṣah |
| professor | أُسْتَاذ | ustādh |
| psychology | عِلْم النَّفْس | ‘i3lm an nafs |
| public (government) school | مَدْرَسَة حُكُومِيَّة | madrasah ḥukūmīyah |
| researcher | بَاحِث | bāḥith |
| elementary school | مَدْرَسَة ابْتِدَائِيَّة | madrasah ibtidāʾīyah |
| middle school | مَدْرَسَة مُتَوَسِّطَة / إعْدَادِيَّة | madrasah mutawassiṭah / iʿdādīyah |
| high school | مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة | madrasah thānawīyah |
| (the) school calendar | التَّقْوِيم الدِّرَاسِي | at-taqwīm ad-dirāsī |
| (the) school year | العَام/ السَّنَة الدِّرَاسِي | al-ʿām / as-sanah ad-dirāsī |
| science | العِلْم | al-ʿilm |
| scientific department/track | الْقِسْم العِلْمِي | al-qism al-ʿilmī |
| second semester | الفَصْل الدِّرَاسِي الثَّانِي | al-faṣl ad-dirāsī ath-thānī |
| secretary (m / f) | سِكِرْتير / ة | sikirtiir / a |
| security | الأمْن | al ‘amn |
| sergeant | رَقيب | raqiib |
| shopping mall | مُرَكَّز تِجَارِيّ | murakkaz tijāriyy |
| singing | الغِنَاء | al-ghināʾ |
| soldier | جُنْدِيّ | jundiyy |
| spanish | الإسْبَانِيَّة | al-isbānīyah |
| specialist in / specializing | مُتَخَصِّص | mutakhaSSiS |
| State Department | وَزارة الخارِجيّة | wazaarat al khaarijiia |
| student (m / f / pl) | طالِب / ة / طُلاب | Taalib / a / Tulaab |
| tailor | خَيَّاط | khayyāṭ |
| taxi driver | سَائِق أُجْرَة | sā’iq ujra |
| teacher | مُعَلِّم | muʿallim |
| technology | تِكْنولوجْيا | tiknuuluujyaa |
| test / tests (general) | اخْتِبَار / اخْتِبَارَات | ikhtibār / ikhtibārāt |
| test / tests (major exam) | امْتِحَان / امْتِحَانَات | imtiḥān / imtiḥānāt |
| translator (m / f ) | مُتَرجِم / ة | mutarjim / a |
| unemployed | عَاطِل | ʿāṭil |
| United Nations | الأُمَم المُتَّحِدة | al ‘umam al muttaHida |
| university | جَامِعَة | jāmīʿah |
| university phase | مَرْحَلَة جَامِعِيَّة | marḥalah jāmīʿīyah |
| university studies | دِرَاسَات جَامِعِيَّة | dirāsāt jāmīʿīyah |
| university education | تَعْلِيم جَامِعِيّ | taʿlīm jāmīʿī |
| waiter | نادِل | naadil |