Every family word on the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists with its romanization and meaning, the beginner ones in a real sentence. Filter it, flip it into flashcards, or carry it on your Lock Screen with Lock&Learn Arabic.
Family words in Arabic: parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, husband and wife, sons and daughters, and the general words for family and relatives. Arabic does not split brothers by age, but it does split uncles and aunts by side: ʿamm and ʿamma are your father's brother and sister, khāl and khāla your mother's.
In Lock&Learn Arabic these words sit in their level packs (Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate), one per glance on the widget: a fully vocalized word waits with its romanization; one tap reveals the meaning and a real sentence. Beginner is free in full; every other pack opens with a free preview.
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| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| اِبْن | ibn | a son | A1 | هَذَا اِبْنِي الصَّغِيرُ.Hadhā ibnī al-ṣṣaghīru.This is my young son. |
| أَخ | akh | brother | A1 | هَذَا أَخِي الصَّغِيرُ.Hadhā akhī al-ṣṣaghīru.This is my younger brother. |
| أَب | ab | a father | A1 | هَذَا أَبِي.Hadhā abī.This is my father. |
| أَبُو | abū | father of | A1 | أَبُو سَامِي مُهَنْدِسٌ.Abū sāmī muhandisun.Sami's father is an engineer. |
| أُخْت | ukht | a sister | A1 | هَذِهِ أُخْتِي سَارَةٌ.Hadhihi ukhtī sāratun.This is my sister Sarah. |
| زَوْج | zawj | spouse or partner | A1 | هَذَا زَوْجِي.Hadhā zawjī.This is my husband. |
| أُمّ | umm | mother | A1 | هَذِهِ أُمِّي.Hadhihi ummī.This is my mother. |
| طِفْل | ṭifl | child | A1 | عِنْدَ أُخْتِي طِفْلٌ صَغِيرٌ.ʿInda ukhtī ṭiflun ṣaghīrun.My sister has a little child. |
| عَمّ | ʿamm | paternal uncle | A1 | هَذَا عَمِّي أَحْمَدُ.Hadhā ʿammī aḥmadu.This is my paternal uncle Ahmad. |
| ماما | māmā | mum or mother | A1 | هَذِهِ مَامَا.Hadhihi māmā.This is Mum. |
| خال | khāl | maternal uncle | A1 | هَذَا خَالِي مُحَمَّدٌ.Hadhā khālī muḥammadun.This is my maternal uncle Muhammad. |
| جَدّ | jadd | grandfather | A1 | جَدّي رَجُلٌ طَيِّبٌ.Jaddy rajulun ṭayyibun.My grandfather is a kind man. |
| مُتَزَوِّج | mutazawwij | married | A1 | هَلْ أَنْتَ مُتَزَوِّجٌ؟Hal anta mutazawwijun?Are you married? |
| أَهْل | ahl | family | A2 | |
| حَفِيد | ḥafīd | grandson | A2 | |
| تَزَوَّجَ | tazawwaja | to get married | A2 | |
| زَواج | zawāj | marriage | A2 | |
| شَقِيق | shaqīq | brother | A2 | |
| عائِلِيّ | ʿāʾiliyy | family (adj) | A2 | |
| والِد | wālid | one's own father | A2 | |
| حَماة | ḥamā | mother-in-law | B1 | |
| صِهْر | ṣihr | in-law (relative by marriage) | B1 | |
| تَوْأَم | tawʾam | a twin sibling | B1 | |
| حَم | ḥam | father-in-law | B2 |
Words from the Lock&Learn Arabic deck, built on the Arabic CEFR-classified word list of Khallaf and Sharoff (2021). Definitions adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vowel marks are shown in full and the romanization is generated; example sentences are original Lock&Learn content.
Umm and ab (mother, father), akh and ukht (brother, sister), ibn and bint (son, daughter), jadd and jadda (grandfather, grandmother), and the uncles and aunts by side, ʿamm and ʿamma on the father's, khāl and khāla on the mother's. The 24 family words below come from the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists with their romanizations and meanings.
13 from A1, 7 from A2, 3 from B1, 1 from B2. The level chip on each row says where the word sits, so you can stop at your level or read ahead. Beginner-level words carry a real example sentence; the rest show word, romanization and meaning, with their sentences in the app.
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