Episode 34: 10 German words & 10 Spanish words derived from Arabic

Episode 34: 10 German words & 10 Spanish words derived from Arabic

Author: Carol Haidar April 27, 2021 Duration: 20:34

I met Ikhlas on Instagram. She is a German & Arabic teacher living in Germany. Ikhlas is an author to two books. In this episode she shares 10 German words that are derived from Arabic while I share 10 Spanish words. We had a wonderful time recording this episode together and I hope you enjoy it as well! 

Ikhlas Books: https://www.amazon.de/s?k=Ikhlas+schumacher&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Music by: Stay Young

by Nick Petrov

Vocabulary:

German words: 

  1. Tasse derives from طاسة and means فنجان
  2. Kabel derives from حبل and means سلك الكهرباء
  3. Kuppel derives from قبة and means قبة
  4. Safran زعفران
  5. Haschish derives from hashish and is uses for the drug حشيش 
  6. Ziffer derives from siffer صفر and means رقم
  7. Sirup derives from sharab and mean شراب دبس 
  8. Giraffe زرافة
  9. Safari derives from سفر and means رحلة سفاري
  10. Schachmatt in chess derives from الشيخ مات, and means checkmate.

Spanish words: 

11. Aceite derives from زيت and means oil

12. Aceituna derives from زيتون and means olives

13. Berenjena derives from بتنجان and means eggplant 

14. Jarra derives from جرة and means jug 

15. Hasta derives from حتى and means until 

16. Ojalá derives from انشالله and means if god wills

17. Usted derives from أستاذ and means Mr. 

18. Aldea derives from ضيعة and means Village 

19. Alquiler derives from الأجار and means rent 

20. Arroz derives from رز and means rice


بين عالمين ولغة وحكايات، هون بتكون رحلتك مع Levantine Arabic, made easier. مع كارول حيدر، مؤسسة Nasma of NY، هالبودكاست مش دورة تقليدية، بل هو مساحة تسمع فيها قصص حقيقية من أنحاء العالم. رح تسمع حكايا من طلاب كارول وأصدقائها ومن تجربتها الشخصية، كلها منقولة بطريقة ثنائية اللغة. المواضيع بتنوع من الحب والسفر والأكل، إلى الثقافة وأسرار العيلة والسياسة وحتى رحلات إلى أماكن مجهولة. فكرة البودكاست هاد إنه بقدم اللهجة الشامية من خلال سياق حيوي وواقعي، ما بساعدك تتعلم عبارات جديدة، بل يفهمك التفاصيل الدقيقة اللي بتكون خلف الكلام. صحيح إنه موجه لمستوى متوسط، لكن إذا حسيّت حالك عم تضيع، ما في داعي للقلق، لإنه في متابعة وشرح مستمرين عشان تضل متمسك بخيط الحكاية. هون اللغة بتبطل مجرد قواعد وكلمات وبتصير وسيلة للتواصل الحقيقي ولسماع تجارب الناس. تسميعك لهالبودكاست رح يفتحلك نافذة على عالم اللهجة بطريقة مريحة وطبيعية، من خلال صوت مضيفة خبيرة ومجموعة من القصص المليانة حياة.
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