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School and work words in Arabic: school, study, teacher and student, homework and exams, office, company, job and colleagues, from the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists with readings and meanings.
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| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أُسْتاذ | ustādh | teacher or professor | A1 | هَذا أُسْتاذِي.Hadhā ustādhī.This is my teacher. |
| عَمَل | ʿamal | work / job | A1 | عَمَلِي جَيِّدٌ جِدًّا.ʿAmalī jayyidun jiddanā.My work is very good. |
| دَرَسَ | darasa | to study or learn | A1 | دَرَسَ أَحْمَدُ العَرَبِيَّةَ.Darasa aḥmadu al-ʿarabiyyata.Ahmad studied Arabic. |
| صَفّ | ṣaff | a row or class | A1 | هَذَا صَفٌّ كَبِيرٌ.Hadhā ṣaffun kabīrun.This is a big class. |
| جامِعَة | jāmiʿa | university | A1 | أَدْرُسُ فِي هَذِهِ الْجَامِعَةِ.Adrusu fī hadhihi al-jāmiʿati.I study at this university. |
| تَعَلَّمَ | taʿallama | to learn (something) | A1 | أَتَعَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.Ataʿallamu al-ʿarabiyyata fī al-madrasati.I learn Arabic at school. |
| دِراسَة | dirāsa | studying | A1 | الدِّراسَةُ صَعْبَةٌ.Al-ddirāsatu ṣaʿbatun.Studying is difficult. |
| دَرْس | dars | lesson | A1 | هَذَا دَرْسٌ سَهْلٌ.Hadhā darsun sahlun.This is an easy lesson. |
| دَفْتَر | daftar | notebook | A1 | أَكْتُبُ فِي دَفْتَرِي.Aktubu fī daftarī.I am writing in my notebook. |
| شَرِكَة | sharika | company | A1 | تَعْمَلُ أُمِّي فِي شَرِكَةٍ.Taʿmalu ummī fī sharikatin.My mother works at a company. |
| طالِب | ṭālib | student | A1 | أَنَا طَالِبٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْجَامِعَةِ.Anā ṭālibun fī hadhihi al-jāmiʿati.I am a student at this university. |
| قَلَم | qalam | pen | A1 | هَذَا قَلَمٌ جَدِيدٌ.Hadhā qalamun jadīdun.This is a new pen. |
| كاتِب | kātib | writer | A1 | هَذَا كَاتِبٌ مَشْهُورٌ.Hadhā kātibun mashhūrun.This is a famous writer. |
| كِتاب | kitāb | a book | A1 | هَذَا كِتَابٌ جَمِيلٌ.Hadhā kitābun jamīlun.This is a beautiful book. |
| مَدْرَسَة | madrasa | school | A1 | هَذِهِ مَدْرَسَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.Hadhihi madrasatun kabīratun.This is a big school. |
| مَكْتَب | maktab | desk or office | A1 | هَذَا مَكْتَبِي الصَّغِيرُ.Hadhā maktabī al-ṣṣaghīru.This is my small desk. |
| مَكْتَبَة | maktaba | library or bookstore | A1 | أَنَا أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَةِ.Anā adhhabu ilā al-maktabati.I am going to the library or bookstore. |
| مُوَظَّف | muwaẓẓaf | employee | A1 | هُوَ مُوَظَّفٌ فِي البَنْكِ.Huwa muwaẓẓafun fī al-banki.He is an employee at the bank. |
| عَمِلَ | ʿamila | to work or do | A1 | أَنَا أَعْمَلُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.Anā aʿmalu kulla yawmin.I work every day. |
| واجِب | wājib | homework | A1 | هَذَا وَاجِبِي لِلدَّرْسِ.Hadhā wājibī lilddarsi.This is my homework for the lesson. |
| وَرَق | waraq | paper | A1 | هَذَا وَرَقٌ أَبْيَضُ.Hadhā waraqun abyaḍu.This is white paper. |
| مُدَرِّس | mudarris | teacher | A1 | أَنَا مُدَرِّسٌ فِي مَدْرَسَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.Anā mudarrisun fī madrasatin kabīratin.I am a teacher at a big school. |
| مُعَلِّم | muʿallim | teacher or instructor | A1 | هَذَا مُعَلِّمِي، اِسْمُهُ سَامِي.Hadhā muʿallimī, ismuhu sāmī.This is my teacher, his name is Sami. |
| مُهَنْدِس | muhandis | engineer | A1 | أَنَا مُهَنْدِسٌ وَأَعْمَلُ فِي الْقَاهِرَةِ.Anā muhandisun waʾaʿmalu fī al-qāhirati.I am an engineer and I work in Cairo. |
| تِلْمِيذَة | tilmīdha | female student pupil | A1 | أَنَا تِلْمِيذَةٌ فِي الصَّفِّ الْخَامِسِ.Anā tilmīdhatun fī al-ṣṣaffi al-khāmisi.I am a pupil in the fifth grade. |
| اِجْتِماع | ijtimāʿ | meeting | A2 | |
| اِخْتِبار | ikhtibār | an academic test | A2 | |
| اِمْتِحان | imtiḥān | examination or test | A2 | |
| اِشْتَغَلَ | ishtaghala | to work / to be occupied | A2 | |
| شُغْل | shughl | work, job | A2 | |
| إِطْفائِيّ | iṭfāʾiyy | firefighter | A2 | |
| بائِع | bāʾiʿ | seller or vendor | A2 | |
| تَدْرِيس | tadrīs | teaching | A2 | |
| تِلْمِيذ | tilmīdh | school student | A2 | |
| ثانَوِيّ | thānawiyy | secondary level | A2 | |
| خَيّاط | khayyāṭ | tailor | A2 | |
| تَعْلِيم | taʿlīm | teaching or education | A2 | |
| دِراسِيّ | dirāsiyy | related to education | A2 | |
| رَسّام | rassām | artist or painter | A2 | |
| زَمِيل | zamīl | colleague or associate | A2 | |
| سِكْرِتِير | sikritīr | secretary | A2 | |
| جَزّار | jazzār | butcher | A2 | |
| صُحُفِيّ | ṣuḥufiyy | journalist | A2 | |
| حاسُوب | ḥāsūb | computer | A2 | |
| عِلْم | ʿilm | science or knowledge | A2 | |
| فَنّان | fannān | artist | A2 | |
| فِيزياء | fīzyāʾ | physics | A2 | |
| دَوام | dawām | working hours | A2 | |
| قِسْم | qism | department or section | A2 | |
| رَوْضَة | rawḍa | kindergarten / nursery school | A2 | |
| كِيمِياء | kīmīāʾ | chemistry | A2 | |
| مُتَرْجِم | mutarjim | translator or interpreter | A2 | |
| مُحاضَرَة | muḥāḍara | lecture | A2 | |
| مَدْرَسِيّ | madrasiyy | school (adj.) | A2 | |
| مُحامِي | muḥāmī | lawyer or attorney | A2 | |
| مُدَرِّب | mudarrib | a trainer or coach | A2 | |
| مُمَثِّل | mumaththil | actor | A2 | |
| مُدِير | mudīr | manager or director | A2 | |
| شَهادَة | shahāda | diploma or certificate | A2 | |
| صَحافِيّ | ṣaḥāfiyy | journalist | A2 | |
| هَنْدَسَة | handasa | engineering | A2 | |
| مَصْنَع | maṣnaʿ | factory | A2 | |
| مَعْهَد | maʿhad | educational institute | A2 | |
| طابِعَة | ṭābiʿa | printer | A2 | |
| عامِل | ʿāmil | worker | A2 | |
| مِهْنَة | mihna | profession | A2 | |
| تَخَرَّجَ | takharraja | to graduate | A2 | |
| قامُوس | qāmūs | dictionary or lexicon | A2 | |
| كُلِّيَّة | kulliyya | college or faculty | A2 | |
| مادَّة | mādda | academic subject | A2 | |
| شُرْطِيّ | shurṭiyy | police officer | A2 | |
| وَظِيفَة | waẓīfa | a job or task | A2 | |
| رِيَاضِيَّات | riyāḍiyyāt | mathematics | A2 | |
| ذاكَرَ | dhākara | to study | A2 | |
| مُذاكَرَة | mudhākara | studying | A2 | |
| حَلَّاق | ḥallāq | barber | A2 | |
| سَبُّورَة | sabbūra | blackboard | A2 | |
| تَاجِرَة | tājira | businesswoman | A2 | |
| شُرْطِيَّة | shurṭiyya | a female police officer | A2 | |
| مُصَوِّر | muṣawwir | a professional photographer | A2 | |
| مُغَنِّي | mughannī | professional singer | A2 | |
| مُحاسِب | muḥāsib | accountant | A2 | |
| مُمَثِّلَة | mumaththila | actress | A2 | |
| حَاسِبَة | ḥāsiba | calculator device | A2 | |
| جُغْرَافِيَا | jughrāfiyā | geography | A2 | |
| خَادِمَة | khādima | female housekeeper or maid | A2 | |
| مُضِيفَة | muḍīfa | hostess | A2 | |
| تَمْرِين | tamrīn | exercise or drill | A2 | |
| بَائِعَة | bāʾiʿa | saleswoman | A2 | |
| دارِس | dāris | studying / one who studies | 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.
The 90 words below are the school, study and workplace words on the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists, each with its reading and English meaning.
25 from A1, 64 from A2, 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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