Glossary A

Arabic–English

ALIF

atā ‘alā

to bring forward

īthār

preference

akhīr

final

muta’akhkhir

last, posterior

adab

character trait

ta’addub

education, discipline

idhn

permission

ta’līf

composition

i’tilāf

concord, consonance

amr

command, affair, issue

ta’ammala

to reflect

anniyya

thatness

ahl

inhabitant, adept

inna

indeed

inniyya

indeed-ness

ista’hala

to deserve

ayn

where

ayy

which

bukhl

greed

bada’a

to innovate

badhakh

haughtiness

tabdhīr

wastefulness

bara’a

to create

baṣar

vision

baṭala

to be null, void

abṭala

to nullify, deny

ibtagha’a

to aspire

bighḍa

hatred

bughya

appetite

balagha

to obtain

bāl

mind

bālā bi

to care

bunya

structure

bayyin

evident

tabi‘a

to succeed

talā

to follow

THĀ’

thabāt

firmness

athbata

to affirm

tharwa

affluence

thawāb

reward

JĪM

jabbār

tyrant

jubn

cowardice

jarbadha

deception

jarīra

outrage

jazā’

requital

jaza‘

apprehensiveness

ja‘ala

to establish, make

jalāla

majesty

jumūd

hardness

majmū‘

aggregate

jamīl

noble

jumhūr

public

tajannub

avoidance

jihād

struggle

tajawwuz

permissiveness, metonymy

jawhar

substance

ḤĀ’

maḥabba

love

ḥathth

exhortation

ḥadatha

to generate, emerge, arise

ḥādhiq

skilled

ḥirṣ

covetousness

ḥarf

letter, particle

inḥirāf

deviation

aḥrā

more deserving

ḥasad

envy

ḥasan

fine

inḥaṣara

to be confined

haṣala

to attain, reach

‘alā al-taḥṣīl

definitely, determinately

taḥaffaẓa

to be heedful

ḥaqq

truth

ḥaqĪa

true

aḥaqq

more appropriately

ḥikma

wisdom

ḥulm

intelligence

ḥumq

stupidity

ḥunka

sophistication

ḥāza

to embrace

inḥāza

to isolate oneself, be singled out

ḥāl

condition

iḥtawā

to comprise

ḥayā’

modesty

KHĀ

khibb

fraudulence

khubth

deceitfulness

mukhātala

wiliness

istakhraja

to derive

khasīs

vile

khāṣṣa

particular characteristic

khaṭa’

error

khālifa

pronoun

khilāf

difference

ikhtilāf

disagreement

khalq

creature, mankind

khilqa

make-up

khulq

moral habit, temper

khilw min

devoid of

khawf

fear

khair

good

ikhtiyār

choice

takhyīl

imaginative evocation

takhayyul

imagination

DĀL

mudabbir

governor

adraka

to apprehend

dahā’

cunning

dawām

permanence

DHĀL

dhakā’

quick-wittedness, acumen

dhahl

absentmindedness

dhihn

discernment, mind

dhāt

essence

dhātiyya

essential quality

RĀ’

rābiṭa

link

rutba

rank

martaba

ranking

raḥma

compassion

rakhāwa

slackness

radī’

bad

ardafa

to complement

radhīla

vice

rasm

description

irāda

volition

raḍā

to content

riḍan

contentedness

raf‘

nominative (case)

taraffuh

luxury

raghba

desire

riqqat al-nafs

delicateness of soul

tarkīb

synthesis, combination

rāma

to wish

rawiyya

deliberation

ZĀ’

za‘ir

peevish

zawāl

extinction

SĪN

sabab

cause, reason

sabīl

approach

sakhā’

liberality

sakhiṭa

to annoy

saddada naḥwa

to aim, direct toward

sadīd

valid

sa‘ā

to strive

maskan

dwelling

salaka

to pursue

salīm

unimpaired

ism

noun, name (Greek, onoma)

ism mutarādif

consignificant noun

ism mushtarak

ambiguous (homonymous) noun

ism mushakkik

equivocal noun

ism mutawāṭi’

synonymous noun

ism muttafiq

ambiguous noun

tasāmaḥa

to be indulgent, lax

sū’

wicked

sā’ir

famous

SHĪN

shajā‘a

courage

shadda

to harden, make firm

sharr

evil

sharraḥa

to explain

sharṭ

stipulation

sharīf

venerable

ishtirāk al-ism

homonymity

sharah

avidity

sha‘ara bi

to be attentive

shaqā’

misery

shakl

pattern, shape

ishtamala

to comprehend

shani‘

repugnant

mashhūr

generally accepted

shahwa

yearning

ishtahā li

to yearn for

mashī’a

will

ashāra bi

to advise

tashawwaqa shawq

to long for longing

SĀD

ṣaḥīḥṣawāb

sound, healthy, correct

ṣadda ‘an

to hinder

ṣidq

veracity

ṣādiq, ṣadĪq

veracious

ṣāliḥ

righteous, upright

muṣmat

solid

ṣanf

sort

ṣinā‘a

art

ṣawāb

correct, sound, healthy

ṣawt

speech-sound

ṣūra

form

DĀD

ḍabiṭ li-nafsih

self-restrained

ḍidd

contrary

ḍarb

type

taḍarru‘

entreaty

ḍamīr

breast, mind, conscience

aḍmara

to suppress

taḍammana

to include

iḍāfa

relation

muḍāf

relative

muḍāfān

correlatives

TĀ’

ṭab‘, ṭabī‘a

nature

ṭarīq

method

ṭalaba

to seek

ṭilba

request

‘alā al-iṭlāq

unqualifiedly

ṭami‘a

to become ambitious

ṭā’ifa

faction, party

aṭāfa bi

to encompass

inṭawā

to be enveloped

ẒĀ’

ẓarf

wittiness

ẓanna

to presume

ẓāhir

apparent

‘AYN

isti‘dād

disposition

‘udda

reserve

‘adāla

justice

i‘tadal

to equilibrate, balance

i‘tidāl

equilibrium,balance

‘adam

privation

‘adam al-iḥsās bi-al-ladhdha

insensibility to pleasure

i‘rāb

declension

‘araḍ

accident

‘iffa

moderation

ta‘aqqaba

to scrutinize

‘aql

intellect

ma‘qūl

intelligible

‘āda

custom

‘āfa

to feel disgust

‘illa

reason, cause

‘āmm

ordinary, general

‘iwaḍ

recompense

‘ā’iq

impediment

ista‘āna bi

to have recourse to

GHAYN

ghabaṭa

to admire

gharaḍ

purpose

ghaṣb

usurpation

ghaḍab

anger

aghḍā ‘an

to wink at

ghalaṭ

mistake

ghamm

distress

ghamr

simple person

ghāya

end

ghaira

jealousy

ghaiẓ

fury

FĀ’

faḥwā

tenor

farraqa

to separate, differentiate

mufarriq

separate

fazi‘a

to frighten

tafāsud

enmity

fassara

to comment

faṣl

differentia

faṭara

to endow innately,to constitute innately

fiṭra

innate character, innate constitution

fi‘l

action

bi-al-fi‘l

in actuality

infi‘āl

passion

iftaqara ilā

to require

infakka

to detach

fikr

calculation

fahm

understanding

tafāwut

disparity

afāda

to provide

istafāda

to procure

fāza bi

to achieve

QĀF

qabīḥ

base

iqtabasa

to secure

muqābil

opposite

taqtīr

stinginess

qudra

ability

iqdām

boldness

qarana

to bind

qarīḥa

talent

qāsim

coordinating

qasīm

coordinate

anwā‘ qasīma

coordinate species

anwā‘ muqassima

qaswa

harshness

qaṣd

intention

iqtaṣara

to be limited, limit oneself

iqtiḍā’

postulation

qānūn

regulation

iqtanā

to acquire

quwwa

faculty, power

bi-al-quwwa

potentially

qawl

sentence, statement

qawl jāzim

declarative sentence

maqūla

category

qā’im

conspicuous

qawm

group

qayyada bi

to restrict

qayyim bi-al-nāmūs

custodian of the law

KĀF

kadd

toil

karāha

loathing

iktasaba

to earn

kaff

dissuasion

kalām

discussion

kam

how much

kammiyya

quantity

kamāl

perfection

kais

cleverness

kaif

how much

kaifiyya

quantity

LĀM

ilta’ama

to constitute

lāḥiqa

appendage

(pl.lawāḥiq)

lakhkhaṣa

to expound, break down

alzama

to result, be inevitable

lisān

language, tongue

lugha

idiom, language

iltamasa

to look, search

MĪM

what

matā

when

majūn

impudence

mādda

material, matter

madīna

city

insān madanī

citizen

mizāj

temperament

makr

trickery

tamakkana

to settle firmly

milla

religion

malaka

state (of character)

man‘

refusal

mihna

craft

māhuwa

what-is

māhiyya

whatness

mayyaza

to distinguish

NŪN

manḥan

aim

nakhwa

arrogance

nidā’

direct address

intaza‘a

to select, extract

manzal

household

manzila

station, status

nisba

connection, ratio

tanāsub

proportion

ansha’a

to originate, construct

naṣb

accusative (case)

naṭaqa

to articulate, pronounce

naṭq

reason, articulation

nāṭiq

reasoning, rational

naqqara

to examine

naqṣ

defect, deficiency

naqīḍ

contradiction, contradictory

nāla

to gain

nahy

prohibition

hadaf

goal

harab

fleeing

inhaḍā

to inspire

hal

whether

himma

endeavor

tahawwur

rashness

istihāna

contempt

huwiyya

identity

hawā

to crave

hai’a

trait

hayūlā

primordial material, matter

WĀW

wathāqa

sureness

wajada

to exist, find

mawjūd

existent, existing

wujdān

encountering

wujūd

existence

wādi‘

calm

warada

to accrue

ṣifa

attribute

wuṣla

tie

ṣila

kinship

awṣā bi

to counsel

waḍa‘a

to posit, set down

wāḍi‘ al-sharī‘a

lawgiver

wāḍi‘ al-nawāmīs

legislator

tawāḍu‘

respectfulness

waẓāba ‘alā

to persist in

waffara

to augment

waqāḥa

insolence

qiḥḥa

impertinence

waqa‘a ‘alā

to apply to

waqafa ‘alā

to grasp, come upon

awlā

more properly

tawallā

to help

wālī

helper

awma’a ilā

to point out

yasār

wealth, prosperity

yasīr

slight, trifling

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