Arabic Nouns
Learning the Arabic Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Arabic language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Arabic.
Arabic nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Arabic Nouns |
| nouns | الْأَسْمَاء - alaasmaa' |
| my car | سَيَّارَتِي - saeeaarateee |
| green car | سَيَّارَة خَضْرَاء - saeeaarah khathraa' |
| three cars | ثَلَاث سَيَّارَات - thalaath saeeaaraat |
| car garage | مِرْآَب الْسَّيَّارَات - meraab alsaeeaaraat |
| outside the car | خَارِج الْسَّيَّارَة - khaarej alsaeeaarah |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Arabic has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Arabic.
List of Nouns in Arabic
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Arabic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Arabic vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Arabic Nouns |
| arm | ذِرَاع - theraa' |
| back | ظَهَر - thahar |
| cheeks | الْخَدَّيْن - alkhadaeen |
| chest | صَدَر - sadar |
| chin | ذَقْن - thaqn |
| ear | الْأُذُن - alaothon |
| elbow | كُوْع - kow' |
| eye | عَيْن - 'aeen |
| face | وَجْه - wajh |
| finger | إِصْبَع - eesba' |
| fingers | أَصَابِع - aasaabe' |
| foot | قَدِم - qadem |
| hair | شِعْر - she'r |
| hand | يَد - eead |
| head | رَأْس - raas |
| heart | قَلْب - qalb |
| knee | رُكْبَة - rokbah |
| leg | سَاق - saaq |
| lip | شَفَة - shafah |
| mouth | فَم - fam |
| neck | عُنُق - 'onoq |
| nose | أَنْف - aanf |
| shoulder | كَتِف - katef |
| stomach | مُعَدَّة - mo'adah |
| teeth | أَسْنَان - aasnaan |
| thigh | فَخُذ - fakhoth |
| throat | حُنْجُرَة - honjorah |
| thumb | إِبْهَام - eebhaam |
| toe | اصْبُع الْقِدَم - asbo' alqedam |
| tongue | الْلِّسَان - allesaan |
| tooth | سَن - san |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Arabic, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Arabic Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Arabic lessons here: Learn Arabic. Don't forget to bookmark this page.