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MSA: Revolution Grps
Terms Common for Revolutionary Groups (wk 36)
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| activist m / f / pl | نَاشِط / نَاشِطَة / نَاشِطُونَ | naashiT / naashiTah / naashiTuun |
| all corners / throughout | جَمِيع أَنْحَاء | jamii' anHaa' |
| amending the constitution s | تَعْدِيل الدُّسْتُور | ta'diil ad-dustuur |
| anger s | غَضَب | ghaDab |
| anti-authoritarian (adj) m / f | مُنَاهِض / مُنَاهِضَة لِلِاسْتِبْدَاد | munaahiD / munaahiDah lil-istibdaad |
| anti-regime (adj) m / f | مُنَاهِض / مُنَاهِضَة لِلنِّظَام | munaahiD / munaahiDah lin-niDHaam |
| Arab Spring | الرَّبِيع العَرَبِيّ | ar-rabii' al-'arabiiy |
| armed struggle s | كِفَاح مُسَلَّح | kifaaH musallaH |
| arrest campaign s / pl | حَمْلَة / حَمَلَات اِعْتِقَال | Hamlah / Hamalaat i'tiqaal |
| bad living conditions | سُوءُ الأَحْوَالِ المَعِيشِيَّةِ | suu'u al-aHwaali al-ma'iishiiyah |
| body s / pl | جَسَد / أَجْسَاد | jasad / ajsaad |
| burn s / pl | حَرْق / حُرُوق | Harq / Huruuq |
| cell s / pl | خَلِيَّة / خَلَايَا | khaliiyah / khalaayaa |
| cheer / chant s / pl | هُتَاف / هُتَافَات | hutaaf / hutaafaat |
| citizen m / f / pl | مُوَاطِن / مُوَاطِنَة / مُوَاطِنُونَ | muwaaTin / muwaaTinah / muwaaTinuun |
| civil administration s / pl | إِدَارَة / إِدَارَات مَدَنِيَّة | idaarah / idaaraat madaniiyah |
| civil disobedience | العِصْيَان المَدَنِي | al-'iSyaan al-madaniiy |
| civil society | مُجْتَمَع مَدَنِيّ | mujtama' madaniiy |
| clash / confrontation s / pl | مُوَاجَهَة / مُوَاجَهَات | muwaajahah / muwaajahaat |
| class / layer / stratum s / pl | طَبَقَة / طَبَقَات | Tabaqah / Tabaqaat |
| communications technology | تِكْنُولُوجْيَا الاِتِّصَالَات | tiknuuluujiyaa al-ittiSaalaat |
| condition - living or collective / states s / pl | حَال / أَحْوَال | Haal / aHwaal |
| condition - structural situations / political or economic status s / pl | وَضْع / أَوْضَاع | waD' / awDaa' |
| condition - surrounding circumstances / environmental s / pl | ظَرْف / ظُرُوف | DHarf / DHuruuf |
| corruption | فَسَاد | fasaad |
| decision-making s | صُنْع القَرَار | Sun' al-qaraar |
| declaring a state of emergency | إِعْلَان حَالَة الطَّوَارِئ | i'laan Haalat aT-Tawaari' |
| defectors pl | مُنْشَقُّونَ | munshaqquun |
| demands for freedom | مُطَالَبَة بِالْحُرِّيَّة | muTaalabah bil-Hurriiyah |
| demographic composition s | تَرْكِيبَة سُكَّانِيَّة | tarkiibah sukkaaniiyah |
| demonstration s / pl | مُظَاهَرَة / مُظَاهَرَات | muDHaaHarah / muDHaaHaraat |
| demonstrator m / f / pl | مُتَظَاهِر / مُتَظَاهِرَة / مُتَظَاهِرُونَ | mutaDHaahir / mutaDHaahirah / mutaDHaahiruun |
| dialogue / interview s / pl | حِوَار / حِوَارَات | Hiwaar / Hiwaaraat |
| dialogue s / pl | حِوَار / حِوَارَات | Hiwaar / Hiwaaraat |
| difference s / pl | اِخْتِلَاف / اِخْتِلَافَات | ikhtilaaf / ikhtilaafaat |
| dignity s | كَرَامَة | karaamah |
| displaced person m / f / pl | نَازِح / نَازِحَة / نَازِحُونَ | naazih / naazihah / naazihuun |
| dissolving the government | حَلّ الحُكُومَة | Hall al-hukuumah |
| domestic political reality | وَاقِع سِيَاسِيّ دَاخِلِيّ | waaqi' siyaasiiy daakhiliiy |
| during his detention | أَثْنَاء اِحْتِجَازِهِ | athnaa' iHtijaazihi |
| early parliamentary elections | اِنْتِخَابَات بَرْلَمَانِيَّة مُبَكِّرَة | intikhaabaat barlamaaniiyah mubakkirah |
| equality | مُسَاوَاة | musaawaah |
| excessive force | قُوَّة مُفْرِطَة | quwwah mufriTah |
| extremist (adj) m / f | مُتَشَدِّد / مُتَشَدِّدَة | mutashaddid / mutashaddidah |
| eyewitnesses | شُهُود العِيَان | shuhuud al-'iyaan |
| faction s / pl | فَصِيل / فَصَائِل | faSiil / faSaa'il |
| field hospital s / pl | مُسْتَشْفَى مَيْدَانِيّ / مُسْتَشْفَيَات مَيْدَانِيَّة | mustashfaa maydaaniiy / mustashfayaat maydaaniiyah |
| foreign girl | فَتَاة أَجْنَبِيَّة | fataah ajnabiyyah |
| freedom | حُرِّيَّة | Hurriiyah |
| goods / merchandise s / pl | بِضَاعَة / بَضَائِع | biDaa'ah / baDaa'i' |
| guerrilla warfare | حَرْب العِصَابَات | Harb al-'iSaabaat |
| headquarters / base s / pl | مَقَرّ / مَقَرَّات | maqarr / maqarraat |
| high cost of living | غَلَاء المَعِيشَة | ghalaa' al-ma'iishah |
| human rights activist m / f / pl | نَاشِط حُقُوقِيّ / نَاشِطَة حُقُوقِيَّة / نَاشِطُونَ حُقُوقِيُّونَ | naashiT Huquuqiiy / naashiTah Huquuqiyah / naashiTuun Huquuqiiyuun |
| human rights violations | اِنْتِهَاك الحُقُوق الإِنْسَانِيَّة | intihaak al-Huquuq al-insaaniiyah |
| immediately after / following / in the wake of | عَقِبَ | 'aqiba |
| injustice / oppression | ظُلْم | DHulm |
| insurgency (movement - rebellion) s / pl | حَرَكَة / حَرَكَات تَمَرُّد | Harakah / Harakaat tamarrud |
| integrity | نَزَاهَة | nazaahah |
| intensity / severity s | حِدَّة | hiddah |
| intention s / pl | نِيَّة / نِيَّات | niyyah / niyyaa |
| journalist m / f / pl | صَحَفِيّ / صَحَفِيَّة / صَحَفِيُّونَ | SaHafiiy / SaHafiiyah / SaHafiiyuun |
| justice | عَدَالَة | 'adaalah |
| late (deceased) m / f | رَاحِل / رَاحِلَة | raaHil / raaHilah |
| liberation | تَحْرِير | taHriir |
| liberation revolution | ثَوْرَة التَّحْرِير | thawrat at-taHriir |
| living condition s / pl | وَضْع مَعِيشِيّ / أَوْضَاع مَعِيشِيَّة | waD' ma'iishiiy / awDaa' ma'iishiya |
| local councils | مَجَالِس مَحَلِّيَّة | majaalis maHalliiyah |
| marks of torture | آثَار التَّعْذِيب | aathaar at-ta'dhiib |
| martyr m / f / pl | شَهِيد / شَهِيدَة / شُهَدَاء | shahiid / shahiidah / shuhadaa' |
| massive / crowded protests | اِحْتِجَاجَات حَاشِدَة | iHtijaajaat Haashidah |
| meaning / significance s / pl | مَعْنَى / مَعَانٍ | ma'naa / ma'aanin |
| migration and displacement | هِجْرَة وَنُزُوح | hijrah wa-nuzuuH |
| mobilization | تَعْبِئَة | ta'bi'ah |
| moderate (adj) m / f | مُعْتَدِل / مُعْتَدِلَة | mu'tadil / mu'tadilah |
| monopoly s | اِحْتِكَار | iHtikaar |
| movement s / pl | حَرَكَة / حَرَكَات | Harakah / Harakaat |
| national identity | هُوِيَّة وَطَنِيَّة | huwiiyah waTaniiyah |
| national liberation | التَّحْرِير الوَطَنِي | at-taHriir al-waTaniiy |
| news / reports s / pl | نَبَأ / أَنْبَاء | naba' / anbaa' |
| newspaper s / pl | صَحِيفَة / صُحُف | SaHiifah / SuHuf |
| no middle ground between them | لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَسَط | laysa baynahumaa wasaT |
| occupation (of space) | اِحْتِلَال | iHtilaal |
| of utmost importance / extremely significant | بَالِغ الأَهَمِّيَّة | baaligh al-ahammiiyah |
| on a wide scale / widely | عَلَى نِطَاق وَاسِع | 'alaa niTaaq waasi' |
| organization s / pl | مُنَظَّمَة / مُنَظَّمَات | munaDHDHamah / munaDHDHamaat |
| orientation / trend s / pl | تَوَجُّه / تَوَجُّهَات | tawajjuh / tawajjuhaat |
| origin / etymology s | تَأْصِيل | ta'siil |
| oustisg / toppling | إِطَاحَة | iTaaHah |
| overthrow(ing) | إِسْقَاط | isqaaT |
| peaceful m / f | سِلْمِيّ / سِلْمِيَّة | silmiyy / silmiyyah |
| police cruelty | قَسْوَة الشُّرْطَة | qaswat ash-shurTah |
| political change | تَغْيِير سِيَاسِي | taghyiir siyaasiiy |
| political elite s / pl | نُخْبَة / نُخَب سِيَاسِيَّة | nukhbah / nukhab siyaasiiyah |
| political restriction / tightening | تَضْيِيق سِيَاسِيّ | taDyiiaq siyaasiiy |
| popular consciousness s | وَعْي شَعْبِيّ | wa'y sha'biiy |
| popular movement s | الحِرَاك الشَّعْبِيّ | al-Hiraak ash-sha'biiy |
| popular revolution | ثَوْرَة شَعْبِيَّة | thawrah sha'biiyah |
| popular revolution s / pl | الثَّوْرَة / الثَّوْرَات الشَّعْبِيَّة | ath-thawrah / ath-thawraat ash-sha'biiyah |
| poverty line | خَطّ الفَقْر | khaTT al-faqr |
| prolonging the conflict | إِطَالَة أَمَد الصِّرَاع | iTaalat amad aS-Siraa' |
| protest movement s / pl | حَرَكَة / حَرَكَات اِحْتِجَاجِيَّة | Harakah / Harakaat iHtijaajiiyah |
| protest s / pl | اِحْتِجَاج / اِحْتِجَاجَات | iHtijaaj / iHtijaajaat |
| protester m / f / pl | مُحْتَجّ / مُحْتَجَّة / مُحْتَجُّونَ | muHtajj / muHtajjah / muHtajjuun |
| rage | الغَضَب | al-ghaDab |
| rebellion s / pl | تَمَرُّد / تَمَرُّدَات | tamarrud / tamarrudaat |
| recession | رُكُود | rukuud |
| reconciliation s | مُصَالَحَة | muSaalaHah |
| recruitment (recruiting) | تَجْنِيد | tajniid |
| reform s / pl | إِصْلَاح / إِصْلَاحَات | iSlaaH / iSlaaHaat |
| regime change | تَغْيِير النِّظَام | taghyiir an-niDHaam |
| regional and international interventions | تَدَخُّلَات إِقْلِيمِيَّة وَدَوْلِيَّة | tadakhkhulaat iqliimiiyah wa-dawliiyah |
| regular army s | جَيْش نِظَامِيّ | jaysh niDHaamiiy |
| repression / suppression s | قَمْع | qam' |
| repressive method / style | أُسْلُوب قَمْعِيّ | usluub qam'iiy |
| resistance movement s / pl | حَرَكَة / حَرَكَات مُقَاوَمَة | Harakah / Harakaat muqaawamah |
| result / consequence s / pl | نَتِيجَة / نَتَائِج | natiijah / nataa'ij |
| revolution anniversary (from memory / remembering) | ذِكْرَى الثَّوْرَة | dhikra ath-thawrah |
| revolution s / pl | ثَوْرَة / ثَوْرَات | thawrah / thawraat |
| revolutionaries m / f / pl | ثَائِر / ثَائِرَة / ثُوَّار | thaa'ir / thaa'irah / thuwwaar |
| revolutionary legacy | إِرْث ثَوْرِي | irth thawrii |
| rubber bullets | رَصَاص مَطَّاطِيّ | raSaaS maTTaTiiy |
| ruler / leader s / pl | زَعِيم / زُعَمَاء | za'iim / zu'amaa' |
| ruler s / pl | حَاكِم / حُكَّام | Haakim / Hukkaam |
| ruling minority | أَقَلِّيَّة تَمْلِك كُلّ شَيْء | aqalliyyah tamlik kulla shay' |
| scale / scope / domain s / pl | نِطَاق / نِطَاقَات | niTaaq / niTaaqaat |
| security forces pl | رِجَال الأَمْن | rijaal al-amn |
| security repression | قَمْع أَمْنِيّ | qam' amniiy |
| severe / grave (adj) m / f | بَالِغ / بَالِغَة | baaligh / baalighah |
| similarity s / pl | تَشَابُه / تَشَابُهَات | tashaabuh / tashaabuhaat |
| single-party rule s | حُكْم الحِزْب الوَاحِد | hukm al-Hizb al-waaHid |
| slogan s / pl | شِعَار / شِعَارَات | shi'aar / shi'aaraat |
| spark s / pl | شَرَارَة / شَرَارَات | sharaarah / sharaaraat |
| state security investigations | مَبَاحِث أَمْن الدَّوْلَة | mabaaHith amn ad-dawlah |
| stepping down | تَنَحِّي | tanaHHiiy |
| street vendor m / f / pl | بَائِع مُتَجَوِّل / بَائِعَة مُتَجَوِّلَة / بَاعَة مُتَجَوِّلُونَ | baa'i' mutajawwil / baa'i'ah mutajawwilah / ba'ah mutajawwiluun |
| strike s / pl | إِضْرَاب / إِضْرَابَات | iDraab / iDraabaat |
| superficial concession s / pl | تَنَازُل شَكْلِيّ / تَنَازُلَات شَكْلِيَّة | tanaazul shakliiy / tanaazulaat shakliiyah |
| tear gas | قَنَابِل مُسِيلَة لِلدُّمُوع | qanaabil musiilah lil-dumuu' |
| term s / pl | مُصْطَلَح / مُصْطَلَحَات | muSTalaH / muSTalaHaat |
| the exact same / [noun] itself (AFTER the noun) | ذَات | dhaat |
| the January 25th revolution | ثَوْرَة ٢٥ يَنَايِر | thawrat khamsah wa-'ishriin yanaayir |
| the same [noun] (BEFORE the noun) | نَفْس | nafs |
| took place between | دَارَ بَيْنَ | daara bayna |
| treatment s | عِلَاج | 'ilaaj |
| unbearable | لَا يُحْتَمَل | laa yuHtamal |
| underground (secret) network s / pl | شَبَكَة / شَبَكَات سِرِّيَّة | shabakah / shabakaat sirriiyah |
| unified leadership | قِيَادَة مُوَحَّدَة | qiyaadah muwaHHadah |
| university degree holders | حَمَلَة الشَّهَادَات الجَامِعِيَّة | Hamalat ash-shahaadaat al-jaami'iiyah |
| uprising s / pl | اِنْتِفَاضَة / اِنْتِفَاضَات | intifaaDah / intifaaDaat |
| vice president / deputy s / pl | نَائِب / نُوَّاب | naa'ib / nuwwaab |
| view / opinion s / pl | رَأْي / آرَاء | ra'y / aaraa' |
| violation s / pl | اِنْتِهَاك / اِنْتِهَاكَات | intihaak / intihaakaat |
| water cannons | خَرَاطِيم المِيَاه | kharaaTiim al-miyaah |
| without trial | بِدُون مُحَاكَمَة | biduun muHaakamah |
| you are most welcome | عَلَى الرَّحْبِ وَالسَّعَةِ | 'alaa ar-raHbi wa-as-sa'ah |