Most Arabic teaching focuses on Arabic grammar and vocabulary, and many students miss on some details, e.g. technical vocabulary like simple math terms. In this post, I try to fill this gap by presenting the Arabic words for some mathematical symbols and terms.
Addition = جمع
Subtraction = طرح
Multiplication = ضرب
Division = قسمة
Equation = معادلة
Problem = مسألة
| + |
زائد / جمع |
| – |
ناقص / طرح |
| × |
في / ضرب |
| ÷ |
على |
| = |
يساوي |
| > |
أقل من |
| < |
أكبر من |
| ≤ |
أقل من أو يساوي |
| ≥ |
أكبر من أو يساوي |
| ≠ |
لا يساوي |
| % |
بالمائة / في المائة |
| 1+1 = 2 |
واحد زائد واحد يساوي اثنين |
| 3 – 1 = 2 |
ثلاثة ناقص واحد يساوي اثنين |
| 2 × 1 = 2 |
اثنين في واحد يساوي اثنين |
| 2 ÷ 1 = 2 |
اثنين على واحد يساوي اثنين |
| 20% |
عشرين بالمائة |
Most Arab people use colloquial pronunciation of numbers when they speak of mathematics. The present tense is used all the time when talking mathematics.
Comments:
Hossein Kholdi:
Hello,
Could someone answer this question with sources to back it up?
When you darw a graph, the X,Y, Z axis, Is the Y axis on the left of the X axis or on the right?
Thank you,
Hossein
aziza:
@Hossein Kholdi Hello,
These are called المحورين الرأسى والأفقى Vertical and horizontal axes. They can also be represented by the letters س for X and ص for Y.
I hope this is useful!
Aziza
james_825:
Hi, can I ask something.
how we translate carry and bring down in arabic? thank u. I hope u have a response Asap.