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MSA: Disasters
Terms Common for Disasters (wk 28)
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| abundant / plentiful / m / f / pl | غَزِير / غَزِيرَة / غَزِيرُون | ghaziir / ghaziirah / ghaziiruun |
| acting in emergencies | التَّصَرُّف فِي حَالَات الطَّوَارِئ | at-taSarruf fii Haalaat aT-Tawaari' |
| affected person m / f / pl | مُتَضَرِّر / مُتَضَرِّرَة / مُتَضَرِّرُون | mutaDarrir / mutaDarrirah / mutaDarriruun |
| agricultural crops | مَحَاصِيل زِرَاعِيَّة | maHaaSiil ziraa'iyyah |
| agricultural land / pl | أَرْض / أَرَاضٍ - زِرَاعِيَّة | 'arD / 'araaDin - ziraa'iyyah |
| air pollution | تَلَوُّث الْهَوَاء | talawwuth al-hawaa' |
| airport / pl | مِينَاء جَوِّيّ / مَوَانِئ جَوِّيَّة | miinaa' jawwiyy / mawaani' jawwiyyah |
| animal resources / wildlife | ثَرْوَة حَيَوَانِيَّة | tharwat Hayawaaniyyah |
| atmosphere | الْغِلَاف الْجَوِّيّ | al-ghilaaf al-jawwiyy |
| authority / pl | سُلْطَة / سُلُطَات | sulTah / suluTaat |
| bridge / pl | جِسْر / جُسُور | jisr / jusuur |
| carbon monoxide gas | غَاز أَوْل أُكْسِيد الْكَرْبُون | ghaaz 'awwal 'uksiid al-karbuun |
| case / pl | حَالَة / حَالات | Haalah / Haalaat |
| catastrophe / pl | نَكْبَة / نَكَبَات | nakbah / nakabaat |
| category / pl | فِئَة / فِئَات | fi'ah / fi'aat |
| climate | مُنَاخ | munaakh |
| climate change | تَغَيُّر الْمُنَاخ | taghayyur al-munaakh |
| contaminated substances | مَوَاد مُلَوَّثَة | mawaad mulawwathah |
| continent / pl | قَارَّة / قَارَّات | qaarrah / qaarraat |
| crisis / pl | أَزْمَة / أَزَمَات | 'azmah / 'azamaat |
| crop / pl | مَحْصُول / مَحَاصِيل | maHSul / maHaaSiil |
| damage / pl | ضَرَر / أَضْرَار | Darar / 'aDraar |
| danger / risk / pl | خَطَر / مَخَاطِر | khaTar / makhaaTir |
| dangerous (m / f) | خَطِير / خَطِيرَة | khaTiir / khaTiirah |
| death toll (victim) | حَصِيلَة الضَّحَايَا | HaSiilat aD-DaHaayaa |
| desalination of saltwater | تَحْلِيَة الْمِيَاه الْمَالِحَة | taHliyat al-miyaah al-maaliHah |
| destruction / devastation (state) | دَمَار | damaar |
| disaster / pl | كَارِثَة / كَوَارِث | kaarithah / kawaarith |
| drought / drought waves | جَفَاف / مَوْجَات جَفَاف | jafaaf / mawjaat jafaaf |
| dry area / pl | مِنْطَقَة جَافَّة / مَنَاطِق جَافَّة | minTaqah jaaffah / manaaTiq jaaffah |
| dry climate | مُنَاخ جَافّ | munaakh jaaff |
| dry ground / land | يَابِسَة | yaabisah |
| early warning systems | أَنْظِمَة التَّحْذِير الْمُبَكِّر | 'anDHimat at-taHdhiir al-mubakkir |
| earthquake / pl | زِلْزَال / زَلَازِل | zilzaal / zalaazil |
| earth's surface | سَطْح الْأَرْض | saTH al-'arD |
| electricity | كَهْرَبَاء | kahrabaa' |
| emission / pl | انْبِعَاث / انْبِعَاثَات | inbi'aath / inbi'aathaat |
| enough m / f | كَافِي / كَافِيَة | kaafii / kaafiyah |
| environmental protection | حِمَايَة الْبِيئَة | Himaayat al-bii'ah |
| environmental protection agency | وَكَالَة حِمَايَة الْبِيئَة | wakaalat Himaayat al-bii'ah |
| estimating the number of deaths | تَقْدِير عَدَد الْقَتْلَى | taqdiir 'adad al-qatlaa |
| evacuation | إِخْلَاء | 'ikhlaa' |
| famine / pl | مَجَاعَة / مَجَاعَات | majaa'ah / majaa'aat |
| flood / pl | فَيَضَان / فَيَضَانَات | fayaDaan / fayaDaanat |
| forest fires / wildfire / pl | حَرِيق / حَرَائِق - غَابَات | Hariiq / Haraa'iq - ghaabaat |
| global warming | الِاحْتِبَاس الْحَرَارِيّ | al-iHtibaas al-Haraariyy |
| grave / massive | جَسِيم / جَسِيمَة | jasiim / jasiimah |
| harmed / affected / damaged m / f / pl | مُتَضَرِّر / مُتَضَرِّرَة / مُتَضَرِّرُونَ | mutaDarrir / mutaDarrirah / mutaDarriruun |
| have you ever experienced (past tense verb) m / f / pl | هَل سَبَقَ لَكَ / لَكِ / لَكُم أَن | hal sabaqa laka / laki / lakum an |
| heat wave / pl | مَوْجَة حَرّ / مَوْجَات حَرّ | mawjah Harr / mawjaat Harr |
| heavy rainfall | هُطُول أَمْطَار غَزِيرَة | huTuul 'amTaar ghaziirah |
| hectare / pl | هِكْتَار / هِكْتَارَات | hiktaar / hiktaaraat |
| human activities | أَنْشِطَة بَشَرِيَّة | 'anshiTah bashariyyah |
| human losses | خَسَائِر بَشَرِيَّة | khasaa'ir bashariyyah |
| human losses (souls) | خَسَائِر فِي الأَرْوَاح | khasaa'ir fii al-arwaaH |
| humanitarian aid | مُسَاعَدَات إِنْسَانِيَّة | musaa'adaat insaaniyyah |
| hurricane / cyclone / pl | إِعْصَار / أَعَاصِير | i'Saar / 'a'aaSiir |
| hurricane season | مَوْسِم الأَعَاصِير | mawsim al-a'aaSiir |
| industrial channels | قَنَوَات صِنَاعِيَّة | qanawaat Sinaa'iyyah |
| infrastructure | بِنْيَة تَحْتِيَّة | binyah taHtiyyah |
| infrastructure / basic structures | بِنْيَة أَسَاسِيَّة | binyah 'asaasiyyah |
| internally displaced person m / f / pl | نَازِح / نَازِحَة / نَازِحُون | naaziH / naaziHah / naaziHuun |
| international organizations | مُنَظَّمَات دُوَلِيَّة | munaDHDHamaat duwaliyyah |
| irrigation | رِيّ | riyy |
| is classified as (m2 passive) | صُنِّفَ كَـ | Sunnifa ka |
| landslide / pl | اِنْزِلَاق أَرْضِيّ / اِنْزِلَاقَات أَرْضِيَّة | inziilaaq arDiyy / inziilaaqaat arDiyyah |
| lethality | فَتْك | fatk |
| likelihood / probability / pl | اِحْتِمَال / اِحْتِمَالات | iHtimaal / iHtimaalaat |
| loss / pl | خَسَارَة / خَسَائِر | khasaarah / khasaa'ir |
| loss of life (souls) | خَسَارَة فِي الْأَرْوَاح | khasaarah fii al-'arwaaH |
| low production | اِنْخِفَاض الْإِنْتَاج | inkhiFaaD al-'intaaj |
| malnutrition | سُوء التَّغْذِيَة | suu' at-taghdhiyah |
| man-made disaster / pl | كَارِثَة / كَوَارِث - بَشَرِيَّة | kaarithah / kawaarith - bashariyyah |
| man-made disaster / pl | كَارِثَة / كَوَارِث - مِنْ صُنْعِ الإِنْسَان | kaarithah / kawaarith - min Sun'i al-insaan |
| material losses | خَسَائِر مَادِّيَّة | khasaa'ir maaddiyyah |
| melting snow | ذَوَبَان الثُّلُوج | dhawabaan ath-thuluuj |
| natural disaster / pl | كَارِثَة / كَوَارِث - طَبِيعِيَّة | kaarithah / kawaarith - Tabii'iyyah |
| no power or strength except in God | لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّه | laa Hawla wa laa quwwata illaa bi-llaah |
| official notice of danger | إِشْعَار رَسْمِيّ بِوُجُود خَطَر | 'ish'aar rasmiyy bi-wujuud khaTar |
| on the Richter scale | عَلَى مِقْيَاس رِيخْتَر | 'alaa miqyaas riikhtar |
| outbreak / pl | انْدِلَاع / انْدِلَاعَات | indilaa' / indilaa'aat |
| phenomenon / pl | ظَاهِرَة / ظَوَاهِر | DHaahirah / DHawaahir |
| physical (m / f) | مَادِّيّ / مَادِّيَّة | maaddiyy / maaddiyyah |
| plant resources / vegetation | ثَرْوَة نَبَاتِيَّة | tharwat nabaatiyyah |
| plate / pl (geological) | صَفِيحَة / صَفَائِح | SafiiHah / Safaa'iH |
| port / pl | مِينَاء / مَوَانِئ | miinaa' / mawaani' |
| power lines / electricity lines | خُطُوط الْكَهْرَبَاء | khuTuuT al-kahrabaa' |
| preparedness | الِاسْتِعْدَاد | al-isti'daad |
| probability of occurrence | اِحْتِمَالُ الحُدُوث | iHtimaalu al-Huduuth |
| property | مُمْتَلَكَات | mumtalakaat |
| rainfall | هُطُول أَمْطَار | huTuul 'amTaar |
| rationalization of water consumption | تَرْشِيد اسْتِهْلَاك الْمِيَاه | tarshiid istihlaak al-miyaah |
| red crescent | الهِلَالُ الأَحْمَر | al-hilaalu al-aHmar |
| red cross | الصَّلِيبُ الأَحْمَر | al-Saliibu al-aHmar |
| refuge (temporary) / pl | مَلْجَأ / مَلَاجِئ | malja' / malaaji' |
| refugee m / f / pl | لَاجِئ / لَاجِئَة / لَاجِئُون | laaji' / laaji'ah / laaji'uun |
| residents / population | سُكَّان | sukkaan |
| resulting from / arising from (f) | نَاجِمَة عَن | naajimah 'an |
| rising river levels | ارْتِفَاع مَنْسُوب الْأَنْهَار | i'rtifaa' mansuub al-'anhaar |
| scattered / m / f / pl | مُتَفَرِّق / مُتَفَرِّقَة / مُتَفَرِّقُون | mutafarriq / mutafarriqah / mutafarriquun |
| sea level | مُسْتَوَى سَطْح الْبَحْر | mustawaa saTH al-baHr |
| season / pl (recurring period) | مَوْسِم / مَوَاسِم | mawsim / mawaasim |
| severe / catastrophic damage | أَضْرَار فَادِحَة | 'aDraar faadiHah |
| severe / most severe | شَدِيد / أَشَدّ | shadiid / ashadd |
| shaking / vibration | اهْتِزَاز | ihtizaaz |
| shelter (long term) / pl | مَأْوَى / مَآوٍ | ma'waa / ma'aawin |
| shelter center / pl | مَرْكَز إِيوَاء / مَرَاكِز إِيوَاء | markaz iiwaa' / maraakiz iiwaa' |
| sit on the top / head | تَرَبَّعَ عَلَى رَأْس | tarabba'a 'alaa ra's |
| smoke | دُخَان | dukhaan |
| spread awareness | نَشْر الوَعْي | nashr al-wa'y |
| stricken / afflicted m / f / pl | مَنْكُوب / مَنْكُوبَة / مَنْكُوبُون | mankuub / mankuubah / mankuubuun |
| strong winds | رِيَاح قَوِيَّة / شَدِيدَة | riyaaH - qawiyyah / shadiidah |
| suddenly / in a sudden manner | بِشَكْل مُفَاجِئ | bishakl mufaaji' |
| tectonic plate / pl | صَفِيحَة / صَفَائِح - تَكْتُونِيَّة | SafiiHah / Safaa'iH taktuuniyyah |
| tornado / pl | إِعْصَار قِمْعِيّ / أَعَاصِير قِمْعِيَّة | i'Saar qim'iyy / a'aaSiir qim'iyyah |
| tornado season | مَوْسِم الأَعَاصِير القِمْعِيَّة | mawsim al-a'aaSiir al-qim'iyyah |
| urgent aid | مُسَاعَدَات عَاجِلَة | musaa'adaat 'aajilah |
| victim / pl | ضَحِيَّة / ضَحَايَا | DaHiyyah / DaHaayaa |
| victim / pl | ضَحِيَّة / ضَحَايَا | DaHiyyah / DaHaayaa |
| volcanic eruption / pl | ثَوَرَان بُرْكَانِيّ / ثَوَرَانَات بُرْكَانِيَّة | thawaraan burkaaniyy / thawaraanaat burkaaniyyah |
| volcano / pl | بُرْكَان / بَرَاكِين | burkaan / baraakiin |
| volunteer m / f / pl | مُتَطَوِّع / مُتَطَوِّعَة / مُتَطَوِّعُون | mutaTawwi' / mutaTawwi'ah / mutaTawwi'uun |
| warning / pl | تَحْذِير / تَحْذِيرَات | taH dhiir / taH dhiiraat |
| water quality | جَوْدَة الْمِيَاه | jawdat al-miyaah |
| water scarcity | شُحّ الْمِيَاه | shuHH al-miyaah |
| were damaged (m5 pass.) | تَضَرَّرَتْ | taDarrarat |
| wet climate | مُنَاخ رَطْب | munaakh raTb |
| wooded area / pl | مِنْطَقَة / مَنَاطِق مَلِيئَة بِالْأَشْجَار | minTaqah / manaaTiq malii'ah bi-al-'ashjaar |
| and things of this sort / kind | وَأَشْيَاء مِنْ هَذَا القَبِيل | wa-ashyaa' min hadhaa al-qabiil |
| Atlantic Ocean | المُحِيط الأَطْلَسِيّ | al-muHiiT al-aTlasiyy |
| battery / pl | بَطَّارِيَّة / بَطَّارِيَّات | baTTaariyyah / baTTaariyyaat |
| be cautious! (m / f / pl) | كُنْ حَذِراً / كُونِي حَذِرَةً / كُونُوا حَذِرِينَ | kun Hadhiran / kuunii Hadhiratan / kuunuu Hadhiriin |
| blanket / pl | بَطَّانِيَّة / بَطَّانِيَّات | baTTaaniyyah / baTTaaniyyaat |
| bottled water | مِيَاه مُعَبَّأَة | miyaah mu'abba'ah |
| candle / pl | شَمْعَة / شُمُوع | sham'ah / shumuua' |
| canned food s / pl | مُعَلَّبَة / مَعَلَّبَات | mu'allabah / mu'allabaat |
| cautious | حَذِر | Hadhir |
| charity organization / pl | مَجْمُوعَة / مَجْمُوعَات خَيْرِيَّة | majmuu'ah / majmuu'aat khayriyyah |
| first aid kit | حَقِيبَة إِسْعَافَات أَوَّلِيَّة | Haqiibah is'aafaat awwaliyyah |
| flashlight / pl | مِصْبَاح يَدَوِيّ / مَصَابِيح يَدَوِيَّة | miSbaaH yadawiyy / maSaabiiH yadawiyyah |
| forged / fake | مُزَيَّف | muzayyaf |
| foundation / pl | أَسَاس / أُسُس | asaas / usus |
| make a decision | اِتَّخَذَ قَرَاراً | ittakhadha qaraaran |
| matches | كِبْرِيت | kibriit |
| most severe / intense | أَشَدّ | ashadd |
| Pacific Ocean (calm) | المُحِيط الهَادِئ | al-muHiiT al-haadi' |
| vaccine / pl | لِقَاح / لِقَاحَات | liqaaH / liqaaHaat |
| wealth / pl | ثَرْوَة / ثَرَوَات | tharwah / tharawaat |
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