ENGLISH

ARABIC

PHONETICS

Additional

eedhafiyah

Agreement, contract

atfaqyh

And

Approval

eeatmad

Appropriate, suitable

almanasbayn

Arab

Arabyh

Architect

mamary

Architecture

al mamaryh

Area

misahh

Bedroom

ghrfh nwm

Between, among

bayn

Budget, cost

al myzanyh

Built-up area

C
Civil Defense

difaa madiny

Clarifications

al eeydhahat

Company

sharikah

Competent

almakhtsh

Complete, full

al kamlh

Concrete

malmawsh

Consultant

eestishary

Conditioning (as in AC)

takayyf

Construction

banaa

Contractors

al mukhawyl

Date (ex. 02 Mar 2010)

tarykh

Designs

waltsamym

Dining Room

gharafh altaam

Dirhams

Documents

Dubai

wathaeeq

E
Earthquake

zalzal

Elevator, lift

msad

Engineer

mohandis

Engineering

handasiyah

English

Ensure

al takd

Environment

bayeeh

Estimate

taqdyr

Fees

al ataaba

Final

nhaeei

First Party

tarf awl

From

mn

Existing
F

G
Ground Floor Plan

makhatat altabaq alardhy

H
House, dwelling

manzal

Hammer

matrqh

Hand

yd

Ink

hbar

Interpreter

matrjm

tiftysh

Job

wdhyfh

Journal, magazine

mjalah

Kerb, curb

kbah

Kitchen

matbakh

Lessee (tenant)

mstajr

Lessor

mowjr

Line

kht

Lump Sum

mqtwa wqdrh

Inspection
J

M
Mezzanine Floor Plan

Month

baalshhr

Municipality

baladiyah

makhatat tabaq al myzanyn

Nail

msmar

Name

asm

Necessary, prerequisite

allazam

Network, web

al shabakyh

New

jadyd

Number (figure, ex. Bldg no.)

rqm

Number (quantity, ex: 112 )

add

Obtain, get, procure

alhaswl

Owner

al malik

Parking, positions

mawaqf

Payment

dfa

Phase, stage

marhala

Plans

al makhatat

Preliminary, first

awli

Preparation

eeadad

Primary

al eebatdaeeyh

Project

al mashrawa

taqdym

alhasl

Read

qra

Remove

eezalh

Representative

yamathlah

Revisions, amendments

tadylat

Requirements, conditions

ashtaratat

Road

tariq

Safety

salamah

Schedule, list

qaeemah

Second Party

altarf althany

Services (as in MEP)

khadimat

Sewerage / drainage

sarif sahy

Signature

tawqya

Site, Location

mawqa

South

jnwba

Specifications

almwasfat

Provide
Q
Quotient
R

Sq. m

Stamp

eeatmad

Steel

fawlath

Structural

eenshaeey

Study

drash

Supervision

al eeshraf

Survey

almish

Swimming pools

ahwadh al sabaahh

Tender, bid

manaqash

Than

mn

The

al

Topographic

al tobawgraphy

Total

ajmalyh

Type, kind

nwa

Typical Floors

makhatat altabaq almtkrr

U
Under

tht

Understand

fhm

falal

V
Villas

Water

maa

Where

hyth

Who, whom

mn

With

ma

Wood, timber

khshba

Work

al amal

Workmanship

al misnayah

Write

al katabah

Year

aam

You

anta

hdyqh alhywanat

sfr

Zoo
NUMBERS
Zero, nil

One

wahid

First

alawl

Two

athnan

Second

than

Three

Thalathah

Four

Arbaah

Fourth

rabaa

Five

Khamsah

Six

sitah

Seven

sabaah

Eight

Thamaniyah

Nine

tisah

Ten

ashrah

Eleven

ahd ashra

Third

Fifth

Twelve

athna ashra

Thirteen

thalatah ashra

Fourteen

arbaa ashra

Fifteen

khamsah ashra

Sixteen

Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty

ashrawn

Thirty
Forty

Fifty
Sixty
Seventy
Eighty

thamanyawn

Ninety

tisawn

One Hundred

meeah

Five Hundred

khamsah meeah

Five Thousand

khamsah alaf

Ten Thousand

ashra alf

Fourteen Thousand

arbaa ashra alf

Twenty Thousand

ashrawn alf

Thirty thousand

thlathyn alf

Forty thousand
ARABIC NAMES,

Meaning in English

Abdul

Slave

Abdullah

Abraham

Abu

Ahmad

Akram

Amal

Awadi

Aziz

Al Hadithi

B
Al Bagash

Bawady

Bu

C
D
E
Emad /Imad

Slave of Allah

Father

work

Fahed

Leopard

Faisal

criterion

Fawad

Heart

G
Ghassan

H
Hamad

magnify

Hassan

feeling, sensation

collected, united

Khalid

eternal, immortal

Khalifa

successor, caliph

Muhammad

Messenger

Mustafa

Selector

I
Imam
J
Juma
K

L
M

Noor aldin

O
Omar

Age

P
Q
R
Rashid

mature, adult

S
Saad

Saeed

Saqool

T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
NAMES OF PLACES

MEANING

Abu Dhabi

Abu Tina

Al Barsha

Al Muhaisna

Al Muraqqabat

Al Qusais

Al Quoz

Al Riqqa

Al Sharjah

Al Warqaa

Mirdiff

Dubai

India

Lebanon

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United States

gentleness, fineness

cat, never