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MSA: Cities
Terms Common for Tourism / Visiting Arab Countries (wk 21)
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| administrative | إِدَارِي | idārī |
| affected by (fem past) | تَأَثَّرَتْ بِـ | ta’aththarat bi |
| air pollution | التَّلَوُّثُ الهَوَائِيُّ | at-talawwuthu al-hawā’iyy |
| archaeological (adj) | أَثَرِيّ | ’atharī |
| area / pl | مِسَاحَة / مِسَاحَات | misāḤa / misāḤāt |
| artifact / pl | قِطْعَة أَثَرِيَّة / قِطَع أَثَرِيَّة | qiṭ‘a ’athariyya / qiṭa‘ ’athariyya |
| beloved / pl | مَحْبُوب / مَحْبُوبُون | maḤbūb / maḤbūbūn |
| blew / blowing | هَبَّ / هُبُوب | habba / hubūb |
| calm | هَادِئ | hādi’ |
| castle / pl | قَلْعَة / قِلَاع | qal‘a / qilā‘ |
| cemetery / pl | مَقْبَرَة / مَقَابِر | maqbara / maqābir |
| city center | يَتَوَسَّطُ المَدِينَة | yatawassaṭu al-madīna |
| civilization | حَضَارَة | ḥaḍāra |
| classical architectural style | طِرَاز العِمَارَة الكِلَاسِيكِي | Ṭirāz al-‘imāra al-kilāsīkī |
| coffin / pl | تَابُوت / تَوَابِيت | tābūt / tawābīt |
| colored marble | رُخَام مُلَوَّن | rukhām mulawwan |
| column / pl | عَمُود / أَعْمِدَة | ‘amūd / ’a‘mida |
| commercial | تِجَارِي | tijārī |
| cone / pl | مَخْرُوط / مَخَارِيط | makhrūṭ / makhārīṭ |
| considered (m / f) | يُعْتَبَرُ / تُعْتَبَرُ | yu‘tabaru / tu‘tabaru |
| constructed (f) | شُيِّدَتْ | shuyyidat |
| courtyard (domestic / private) pl | فِنَاء / أَفْنِيَة | finā’ / ’afniya |
| courtyard / plaza (public) / pl | سَاحَة / سَاحَات | sāḤa / sāḤāt |
| covered | مُغَطَّى | mughaṭṭā |
| crop / pl | مَحْصُول / مَحَاصِيل | maḥṣūl / maḥāṣīl |
| domestic tourism | سِيَاحَة دَاخِلِيَّة | siyāḥa dākhiliyya |
| economic | اِقْتِصَادِي | iqtiṣādī |
| established | أَنْشَأَ | ’ansha’a |
| exposed to | تَتَعَرَّضُ إِلَى | tata‘arraDu ’ilā |
| founded | تَأَسَّسَت | ta’assasat |
| gathering between | تَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ | tajma‘u bayna |
| high asthma | رَبْوَةٍ عَالِيَة | rabwatin ‘āliya |
| housing problem | مُشْكِلَة الإِسْكَان | mushkila al-’iskān |
| includes (holds / contains) | يَضُمُّ | yaḍummu |
| industrial workshops | وَرَش صِنَاعِيَّة | warash ṣinā‘iyya |
| it (f) is characterized by | تَمْتَازُ بِـ | tamtāzu bi |
| it took (a long) time to build | اِسْتَغْرَقَ بِنَاؤُهُ (وَقْتًا طَوِيلاً) | istaghraqa binā’uhu (waqtan ṭawīlan) |
| leader / pl | قَائِد / قَادَة | qā’id / qāda |
| light / pl | ضَوْء / أَضْوَاء | Ḍaw’ / ’aḌwā’ |
| list of best places | قَائِمَة أَفْضَل الأَمَاكِن | qā’imat ’afḍal al-’amākin |
| local tourism | سِيَاحَة مَحَلِّيَّة | siyāḥa maḥalliyya |
| located in (m / f) | يَقَعُ فِي / تَقَعُ فِي | yaqa‘u fī / taqa‘u fī |
| main destination | وِجْهَة رَئِيسِيَّة | wijha ra’īsiyya |
| maintains a combination of | يُحَافِظ عَلَى مَزِيج مِن | yuḥāfiẓ ‘alā mazīj min |
| marble | رُخَام | rukhām |
| marble columns | أَعْمِدَة رُخَامِيَّة | ’a‘mida rukhāmiyya |
| masterpiece / pl | تُحْفَة / تُحَف | tuḤfa / tuḤaf |
| mausoleum / pl | ضَرِيح / أَضْرِحَة | ḍarīḥ / ’aḍriḥa |
| minaret / pl | مِئْذَنَة / مَآذِن | mi’dhana / ma’ādhin |
| model / template | نَمُوذَج | namūdhaj |
| monument / pl | نُصُب / أَنْصَاب | nuṢub / ’anṢāb |
| mosque (gathering place) / pl | جَامِع / جَوَامِع | jāmi‘ / jawāmi‘ |
| mosque (worship place) / pl | مَسْجِد / مَسَاجِد | masjid / masājid |
| most of the time | فِي مُعْظَمِ الأَحْيَانِ | fī mu‘DHam al-’aḤyān |
| museum / pl | مُتْحَف / مَتَاحِف | mutḥaf / matāḥif |
| open square | سَاحَة مَفْتُوحَة | sāḥa maftūḥa |
| part / section / pl | جُزْء / أَجْزَاء | juz’ / ’ajzā’ |
| plateau / pl | هَضْبَة / هِضَاب | haḍba / hiḍāb |
| political | سِيَاسِي | siyāsī |
| population density | كَثَافَة سُكَّانِيَّة | kathāfa sukkāniyya |
| problem / pl | مُشْكِلَة / مَشَاكِل | mushkila / mashākil |
| rectangular shape | مُسْتَطِيلُ الشَّكْلِ | mustaṬīlu ash-shakli |
| region (administrative/province) / pl | إِقْلِيم / أَقَالِيم | ’iqlīm / ’aqālīm |
| relic / pl | أَثَر / آثَار | ’athar / ’āthār |
| richest agricultural areas | أَغْنَى المَنَاطِق الزِّرَاعِيَّة | ’aghnā al-manāṭiq az-zirā‘iyya |
| road(s) congestion | الِازْدِحَامُ فِي الطُّرُقِ | al-izdiḤāmu fī aṭ-Ṭuruqi |
| roofed (m / f) | مَسْقُوف / مَسْقُوفَة | masqūf / masqūfa |
| rural migration | هِجْرَة رِيفِيَّة | hijra rīfiyya |
| second place (ranked) | تَحْتَلُّ المَرْكَزَ الثَّانِي | taḥtallu al-markaza ath-thānī |
| seven wonders of the world | عَجَائِب الدُّنْيَا السَّبْع | ‘ajā’ib ad-dunyā as-sab‘ |
| size / pl | حَجْم / أَحْجَام | Ḥajm / ’aḤjām |
| sometimes (in some of the) | فِي بَعْضِ الأَحْيَانِ | fī ba‘Di al-’aḤyāni |
| souvenir / pl (artifact) | التُّحْفَة التِّذْكَارِيَّة / التُّحَف التِّذْكَارِيَّة | at-tuḤfa at-tidhkāriyya / at-tuḤaf at-tidhkāriyya |
| stability | اِسْتِقْرَار | istiqrār |
| stay away from (imperative) | اِبْتَعَدَ عَن | ibta‘ada ‘an |
| strategic and defensive location | مَوْقِع اِسْتْرَاتِيجِي وَدِفَاعِي | mawqi‘ istirātījī wa-difā‘ī |
| taxi / pl | سَيَّارَة أُجْرَة / سَيَّارَات أُجْرَة | sayyārat ’ujra / sayyārāt ’ujra |
| the noise pollution | التَّلَوُّثُ السَّمْعِيُّ | at-talawwuthu as-sam‘iyy |
| the vast majority | الأَغْلَبِيَّة العُظْمَى | al-’aghlabiyya al-‘uẓmā |
| ticket / pl | تَذْكِرَة / تَذَاكِر | tadhkira / tadhākir |
| total population of the republic | إِجْمَالِيُّ سُكَّانِ الجُمْهُورِيَّةِ | ’ijmāliyū sukkāni al-jumhūriyya |
| tour | جَوْلَة | jawla |
| tourist site | مَوْقِع سِيَاحِي | mawqi‘ siyāḥī |
| train station | مَحَطَّة قِطَار | maḥaṭṭat qiṭār |
| trip / flight / pl | رِحْلَة / رِحَلَات | riḥla / riḥalāt |
| uncovered | مَكْشُوف | makshūf |
| university / pl | جَامِعَة / جَامِعَات | jāmi‘a / jāmi‘āt |
| wall / pl | جِدَار / جُدْرَان | jidār / judrān |
| water fountain / pl | نَافُورَةُ مِيَاهٍ / نَافُورَاتُ مِيَاهٍ | nāfūratu miyāhin / nāfūrātu miyāhin |
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