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MSA:Housing & Living
Common Terms for Housing & Living (wk 15)
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| above / upstairs | فَوْق | fawq |
| also, as | كَمَا | kamā |
| apartment / pl | شَقَّة / شُقَق | shaqqa / shuqaq |
| appliances | أَجْهِزَة آلْمَنْزِل | ajhizah aalmanzil |
| attic | عُلْوِيَّة | ʿulwiyyah |
| balcony / pl | شُرْفَة / شُرُفَات | shurfah / shurufāt |
| basement | قَبْو | qabuu |
| bathroom / pl | حَمَّام / حَمَّامَات | ḥammām / ḥammāmāt |
| bedroom / pl | غُرْفَة نَوْم / غُرَفُ النَّوْمِ | ġurfat nawm / ġurafu an-nawmi |
| beginning | بِدَايَة | bidāyah |
| behind | خَلْف / وَرَاء | khalf / waraa' |
| beneath/below | تَحْت | taḥt |
| bookshelves | رُفُوف كُتُب / أَرْفُفُ كُتُبٍ | rufuuf kutub / arfufu kutubin |
| both (of them) (m/f) | كِلَاهُمَا / كِلْتَاهُمَا | kilāhumā / kiltāhumā |
| cabinet / pl | خِزَانَة / خَزَائِن | khizāna / khazāʾin |
| church / pl | كَنِيسَة / كَنَائِس | kanīsah / kanāʾis |
| cleaning supply (equipment) / pl | مُعَدّ نَظَافَة / مُعِدَّات تَنْظِيف | muʿidd naẓāfah / muʿiddāt tanẓīf |
| closet / pl | خِزَانَة / خَزَائِن | khizāna / khazāʾin |
| comfort | رَاحَة | rāḥah |
| community / society / pl | مُجْتَمَع / مُجْتَمَعَات | mujtamaʿ / mujtamaʿāt |
| computer / pl | حَاسُوب / حَوَاسِيب (كَمْبِيُوتَر / كَمْبِيُوتَرَات) | ḥāsūb / ḥawāsīb (kambyūtar / kambyūtarāt) |
| cottage / pl | كُوخ / أَكْوَاخ | kūkh / akwākh |
| curtain / pl | سِتَارَة / سَتَائِر | sitārah / satāʾir |
| décor | دِيكُور | dīkūr |
| desk | مَكْتَب | maktab |
| dining room | غُرْفَةُ الطَّعَامِ / السُّفْرَة | ġurafatu aṭ-ṭaʿām / as-sufrah |
| dishwasher | غَسَّالَة صُحُون / غَسَّالَة الأَوَانِي | ġassālat ṣuḥūn / ġassālat al-awānī |
| dispute/disagreement | خِلَاف / خِلَافَات | khilāf / khilāfāt |
| divorce | طَلَاق | ṭalāq |
| door | بَاب / أَبْوَاب | bāb / abwāb |
| either … or | إِمَّا … أَوْ | immā ... aw |
| end | نِهَايَة | nihāyah |
| engaged to be married (m/f) | مَخْطُوب / مَخْطُوبَة | makhtub / makhtubah |
| enough / sufficient | كَافٍ / كَافِيَة | kāfin / kāfiyah |
| eviction | إِخْلَاء | ikhlaaʾ |
| existence | وُجُود | wujūd |
| family / people (extended/large) | أَهْل | ahl |
| faucet / pl | صُنْبُور / صَنَابِير | ṣunbūr / ṣanābīr |
| fiancé (m/f) | خَطِيب / خَطِيبَة | khaṭīb / khaṭībah |
| floor/story | طَابِق / طَوَابِق | ṭābiq / ṭawābiq |
| flooring / pl | أَرْضِيَّة / أَرْضِيَّات | arḍiyyah / arḍiyyāt |
| forbidden | مَمْنُوع | mamnūʿ |
| furnished (m/f) | مَفْرُوش / مَفْرُوشَة | mafrūsh / mafrūshah |
| furniture | أَثَاث | athāth |
| garage | كَارَاج / مَوْقِف سَيَّارَة | kārāj / mawqif sayyārah |
| garden / pl | حَدِيقَة / حَدَائِق | ḥadīqah / ḥadāʾiq |
| generation / pl | جِيل / أَجْيَال | jīl / ajyāl |
| God, (our) Lord | الرَّبّ رَبُّنَا | al-rabb, rabbunā |
| hero / pl | بَطَل / أَبْطَال | baṭal / abṭāl |
| home (personal) | بَيْت | bayt |
| house (structure) | مَنْزِل | manzil |
| idea / pl | فِكْرَة / أَفْكَار | fikrah / afkār |
| improvements | تَحْسِينَات | taḥsīnāt |
| independence | اِسْتِقْلَال | istiqlāl |
| inspection (condition/status) | فَحْص | faḥṣ |
| inspection (searching/policing) (verbal noun) | تَفْتِيش | taftīsh |
| is found/exists (m/f) | يُوجَد / تُوجَد | yūjad / tūjad |
| kitchen / pl | مَطْبَخ / مَطَابِخ | maṭbakh / maṭābikh |
| lamp / pl | مِصْبَاح / مَصَابِيح | miṣbāḥ / maṣābīḥ |
| landlord | مَالِك | mālik |
| last year | العَامُ المَاضِي / السَّنَةُ المَاضِيَةُ | al-ʿāmu al-māḍī / as-sanatu al-māḍiyah |
| lighting | إِضَاءَة | iḍāʾah |
| living room | غُرْفَةُ المَعِيشَةِ | ġurafatu al-maʿīshah |
| maintenance | صِيَانَة | ṣiyānah |
| mansion / palace | قَصْر | qaṣr |
| mattress / bedding | فِرَاش | firāsh |
| microwave | مِيكْرُوويف | mīkrūwayf |
| mirror / pl | مِرْآة / مَرَايَا | mirʾāh / marāyā |
| mobile home | مَنْزِل مُتَنَقِّل | manzil mutanaqqil |
| moment / pl | لَحْظَة / لَحَظَات | laḥẓah / laḥaẓāt |
| mortgage / real estate loan | القَرْضُ العَقَارِيُّ | al-qarḍ al-ʿaqārī |
| mother-in-law / pl | حَمَاة / حَمَوَات | ḥamāh / ḥamawāt |
| my own | خَاصّ بِي | khāṣṣ bī |
| necessary | ضَرُورِيّ | ḍarūriyy |
| neighborhood | حَيّ | ḥayy |
| next to/beside | بِجَانِب | bijānib |
| non - (negate verbal noun) | ...عَدَم | ʿadamu (+ maSdar) |
| oven / pl | فُرْن / أَفْرَان | furn / afrān |
| pillow / pl | وِسَادَة / وَسَائِد | wisādah / wasāʾid |
| place / pl | مَكَان / أَمَاكِن | makān / amākin |
| previously / before | مِن قَبْل | min qabl |
| printer | طَابِعَة | ṭābiʿah |
| privacy | خُصُوصِيَّة | khuṣūṣiyyah |
| property management | إِدَارَة المُمْتَلَكَات | idārat al-mumtalakāt |
| public park | حَدِيقَة عَامَّة | ḥadīqah ʿāmmah |
| real estate | عَقَارَات | ʿaqārāt |
| redesigning | إِعَادَةُ تَصْمِيمٍ | iʿādatu taṣmīm |
| refrigerator | ثَلَّاجَة | thallājah |
| renovation/remodeling | تَجْدِيد | tajdīd |
| rent / pl | الإِيجَار / الإِيجَارَات | al-ījār / al-ījarāt |
| rental | تَأْجِير | taʾjīr |
| repairs | إِصْلَاحَات | iṣlāḥāt |
| repossession (general goods) | اِسْتِرْدَاد | istirād |
| repossession (real estate) | اِسْتِعَادَةُ المِلْكِيَّةِ | istiʿādatu al-milkīyah |
| residence (physical structure) | مَسْكَن | maskan |
| restoration/repair | تَرْمِيم | tarmīm |
| rug / pl | سَجَّادَة / سَجَّاد | sajjādah / sajjād |
| shelter | مَأْوَى | ma'wā |
| shelving | رُفُوف | rufuuf |
| side / pl | جَانِب / جَوَانِب | jānib / jawānib |
| simple (m/f/pl) | بَسِيط / بَسِيطَة / بُسَطَاء (or بَسِيطُونَ) | basīṭ / basīṭah / busaṭāʾ (or basīṭūn) |
| sink (place of washing) | مَغْسَلَة | maġsalah |
| sink / basin / tub | حَوْض | ḥawḍ |
| solution / pl | حَلّ / حُلُول | ḥall / ḥulūl |
| stair / pl | سُلَّم / سَلَالِم | sullam / salālim |
| suspect (m/f) | مُشْتَبَه بِهِ / مُشْتَبَه بِهَا | mushtabah bihi / mushtabah bihā |
| swimming pool / pl | مَسْبَح / مَسَابِح | masbaḥ / masābiḥ |
| temporary | مُؤَقَّت | muʾaqqat |
| tenant | مُسْتَأْجِر | mustaʾjir |
| towel / pl | مِنْشَفَة / مَنَاشِف | minshafah / manāshif |
| unit / pl | وَحْدَة / وَحَدَات | waḥdah / waḥadāt |
| villa | فِيلَّا | fīllā |
| wall / pl | جِدَار / جُدْرَان | jidār / judrān |
| window / pl (common dialect) | شُبَّاك / شَبَابِيك | shubbāk / shabābīk |
| window / pl (MSA) | نَافِذَة / نَوَافِذ | nāfiḏah / nawāfiḏ |
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