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Arabic activities
MSA terms for hobbies / activities
| English | Arabic |
|---|---|
| activities, recreational | أَنْشِطَة تَرْفِيهِيَّة anshita tarfīhiyyah |
| activity - activities | نَشَاط - أَنْشِطَة nashāṭ - anshita |
| basketball | كُرَة السَّلَّة kurat as-sallah |
| bicycle | دَرَّاجَة darrājah |
| bike racing | سِبَاق الدَّرَّاجَات sibāq ad-darrājāt |
| boxing | مُلَاكَمَة mulākamah |
| car racing | سِبَاق السَّيَّارَات sibāq as-sayyārāt |
| cinema - film - films | سِينَمَا - فِيلْم - أفلام sīnima - fīlm - ‘aflame |
| cycling | رُكُوب الدَّرَّاجَات rukūb ad-darrājāt |
| (he) dived (dove) - is diving - snorkeling | غَطَسَ - يَغْطِسُ - الغَطس ghaTasa - yaghTisu - al-ghaTs |
| enjoyed - enjoys - enjoyment | اِسْتَمْتَعَ - يَسْتَمْتِع - اِسْتِمْتَاع istamta'a - yastamti' - istimtā' |
| Football, American | كُرَة القَدَم الأَمْرِيكِيَّة kurat al-qadam al-amrīkiyyah |
| gym (sports club / sports hall) | النادي الرِيَاضِي / صَالَة رِيَاضَة an-nādii ar-riyāḍii / ṣālat riyāḍah |
| hiking | المَشْي في الجَبال al-mashii fi al-jabaal |
| horse racing | سِبَاق الخَيْل sibāq al-khayl |
| hunted - hunts - hunting | صَادَ - يَصِيد - الصَيْد ṣāda - yaṣīd - aṣ-ṣayd |
| instrument, drum | طَبْل ṭabl |
| instrument, lute | عُود ‘uud |
| instrument, guitar | جيتار / غيتار jītār / ghītār |
| instrument, musical | آلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة ālah mūsīqiyyah |
| instrument, piano | بِيَانُو biyānū |
| instrument, violin | كَمان kamān |
| instrument - instruments | آلَة - آلَات ālah - ālāt |
| judo | جودو jūdū |
| karate | كاراتيه kārātīh |
| (he) heard - he hears it - listening | سَمِعَ - يَسْمَعُ - الاِسْتِمَاع sami’a - yasmaʿu - al- istimāʿ |
| motorcycle racing | سِبَاق الدَّرَّاجَات النَّارِيَّة sibāq ad-darrājāt an-nāriyya |
| motorcycle riding | رُكُوب الدَّرَّاجَات النَّارِيَّة rukūb ad-darrājāt an-nāriyya |
| music, classical | الـمُوسِيقَى الكِلَاسِيكِيَّة al-mūsīqā al-kilāsīkiyya |
| music, country | الـمُوسِيقَى الرِيفِيَّة al-mūsīqā ar-rīfiyya |
| music, folk | الـمُوسِيقَى الشَعْبِيَّة al-mūsīqā ash-shaʿbiyya |
| music, jazz | مُوسِيقَى الـجَاز mūsīqā al-jāz |
| music, modern | المُوسِيقَى الحَدِيثَة al-mūsīqā al-ḥadītha |
| music, rock | مُوسِيقَى الرُوك mūsīqā al-rūk |
| novel - novels | رِوَايَة - رِوَايَات riwāya - riwāyāt |
| park - parks (small / garden) | حَدِيقَة - حَدَائِق ḥadīqa - ḥadāʾiq |
| park - parks (large) | مُنْتَزَه - مُنْتَزَهات muntazah - muntazahaat |
| pickleball | بِيكِلْبُول bīkilbūl |
| (he) played - plays - game (sports) | لَعَبَ - يَلْعَبُ - لُعْبَة laʿiba - yalʿabu - luʿba(t) |
| played - plays - playing (instruments) | عَزَفَ - يَعْزِفُ - العَزْفُ ʿazafa - yaʿzifu - al-ʿazfu |
| practiced - practices - practicing | مارِسَ - يُمارِسَ - مُمارَسة maarisa - yumaarisa - mumaarasa |
| ran - runs - running | جَرَى - يَجْرِي - الجَرْي jarā - yajrī - jary |
| read - read - reading | قَرَأَ - يَقْرَأُ - القِرَاءَة qaraʾa - yaqraʾu - al-qirāʾa |
| reading for pleasure | المُطالعَة al-muTaalaʿa |
| riding, horseback | رُكوبُ الخَيل rukuubu al-khayli |
| rode - rides - riding | رَكِبَ - يَرْكَبُ - رُكُوب rakiba - yarkabu - rukūb |
| running, cross country | اخْتِراقُ الضاحيةِ akhtiraaq(u) - aD-DaaHiya(t) |
| running, long distance | جَرْي مَسَافَات طَوِيلَة jarii masāfāt Tawīla |
| running, short distance | جَرْي مَسَافَات قَصِيرَة jarii masāfāt qaṣīra |
| soccer | كُرَة القَدَم kurat al-qadam |
| sport (the) - sport - sports | الرِّيَاضَة - رِيَاضَة - رِيَاضَات ar-riyāḍa - riyāḍa - riyāḍāt |
| sports - olympic | رِيَاضَات أُولُمْبِيَّة riyāḍāt ʾūlumbiyya |
| sports - summer | رِيَاضَات صَيْفِيَّة riyāḍāt ṣayfiyya |
| sports - water | رياضات مائية riyāḍāt mā'iyyah |
| sports - winter | رياضات شتوية riyāḍāt shitwiyyah |
| story - stories | قِصَّة - قِصَص qiṣṣah - qiṣaṣ |
| swam - swim - swimming | سَبَحَ - يَسْبَحُ - سِبَاحَة sabaḥa - yasbaḥu - sibāḥah |
| swimming pool | حَمّامُ السِّبَاحَة / مَسْبَح Hammamu as-sibāḥah / masbaḥ |
| take a trip to | قَامَ بِرِحْلَة إِلَى - القَيام بِرِحلة إلى qāma bi-riḥlah ilā - al-qayaam bi-riḥlah ilā |
| tennis | الـتِنِس / كُرَة المَضْرِب at-tinis / kurat al-maḍrib |
| tennis, table | تِنِس الطَّاوِلَة tinis aṭ-ṭāwilah |
| tents - camping | خِيَام - يُخيم - التَخْيِيم khiyām - yukhiim - at-takhyīm |
| theater - play | مَسْرَح - مَسْرَحِيَّة masraḥ - masraḥiyyah |
| trip - trips | رِحْلَة - رِحْلَات riḥlah - riḥlāt |
| trip, tourist | رِحْلَة سِيَاحِيَّة riḥlah siyāḥiyyah |
| visited - visits - visiting | زَارَ - يَزُورُ - زِيَارَة zāra - yazūru - ziyārah |
| volleyball | كُرَة الطَّائِرَة kurat aṭ-ṭā'irah |
| walked - walks - walking | مَشَى - يَمْشِي - المَشْي mashā - yamshī - al-mashī |
| wandering - walking around - touring | تَجَوَّلَ - يَتَجَوَّلُ - التَّجَوُّل tajawwala - yatajawwalu - at-tajawwul |
| watched - watches - watching | شَاهَدَ - يُشَاهِدُ - مُشَاهَدَة shāhada - yushāhidu - mushāhadah |
| water polo | كُرَة المَاء kurat al-mā' |
| went - goes - going | ذَهَبَ - يَذْهَبُ - الذَّهَاب dhahaba - yadhhabu - adh-dhahāb |
| wrestling | المُصَارَعَة al-muṣāraʿah |
| chess | شِطْرَنْج shiTranj |
| hobby (singular / plural) | هِواية / هوايات hiwaaya / hiwaayaat |
| (he) participated - participate - participating | شارَكَ - يَشْتَرِكُ - المُشارَكة sharaka - yashtariku - al-mushaaraka(ta/i) |
| picnic | نَزْهة nazha |
| (sports) match / matches | مُبَارَاةٌ - مَبَارِيَاتٌ mubārā - mabārīyāt |
| (sports) team (single - dual - plural) | فريق - فَرِيقَانِ - فُرُوقٌ fariiq - farīqān - furūq |
| great / excellent | رَائِع raa'i'a |
| collecting stamps | جَمْعُ الطَّوَابِع jam'u aT-Tawābi' |
| competition | المُنَافَسَة al-munāfasa |
| cooking | الطَّبْخ - طَهْي aT-Tabkh - ṭahī |
| drawing / painting | الرَّسْم ar-rasm |
| he traveled | سَفَرَ safara |
| listening to | الاِسْتِمَاعُ إِلَى al-istimā'u 'ilā |
| mountain climbing | تَسَلُّقُ الْجِبَال tasalluqu al-jibāl |
| photography | التَّصْوِير aT-Taswīr |
| recorded (scored) | سَجَّلَ sajjala |
| singing | الْغِنَاء al-ghinā' |
| snow skiing | التَّزَلُّجُ عَلَى الثَّلْج at-tazalluju 'ala ath-thalj |
| stadium | استاد istaad |
| weight lifting | رَفْعُ الأَثْقَال raf'u al-'athqāl |
| win | فَازَ fāza |
| period, first / second | الشَّوْط الأَوَّل - شَوْط ثانٍ ash-shawṭ alʾawwal - ash-shawṭ ath-thānī |
| goal (singular, dual, plural) | هَدَفٌ - هَدَفَانِ - أَهْدَافٌ hadaf - hadafān - 'ahdāf |
| national team (singular, dual, plural) | المُنتَخَبُ - المُنتَخَبَانِ - المُنْتَخَباتُ al-muntakhab - al-muntakhabān - al-muntakhabāt |
| started / initiated | بَدأت bada'at |
| tie / equivalent / parity | تَعادِل taʿādil(u) |
| he competed - he competes - the competition | نَافَسَ - يُنَافِسُ - المُنَافَسَةُ nāfasa - yunāfisu - al-munāfasah |
| result | نَتِيجَة natiija |
| late afternoon (after mid-day prayers) | عَصْراً ʿaṣran |
| indoor | دَاخِل dākhil |
| outdoor | خارج khārijī |
| to lose | خَسِرَ khāsira |
| will be held | سَتُقَام satuqām |
| accompany me (future arrangement) | تُرافِقُني turāfiqunī |
| ended / finished | اِنْتَهَى intahā |
| to visit - visiting | زَارَ - زِيَارَة zāra - zīyāra |