When I though of writing this post, I wanted to make a vocabulary list about the topic of hobbies (الهوايات), but I realized that it was too broad, so I decided to limit the list to sports (الرياضات), yet it was still too broad, so I decided to make a list of words related to ball games only. I was surprised how many ball sports there are, but this is a list of the ones common in Arabic. I hope you find it useful.
الرياضة
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Sports
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كُرَة القَدَم
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Football
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كُرَة اليَد
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Handball
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كُرَة السَلّة
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Basketball
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الكُرَة الطائِرة
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Volleyball
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التِنِس
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Tennis
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الرِجبي
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Rugby
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البيسبول
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Baseball
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الجولف
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Golf
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تِنِس الطّاوِلة
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Ping pong
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البولينج
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Bowling
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البلياردو
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Snooker
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الهوكي
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Hockey
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الاسكواش
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Squash
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Comments:
Juan:
Hello Aziza:
I also found for Tennis the following words, I have no idea if it is widely used or only locally:
كُرة المَضْرِب
Thanks,
Juan
marco chiorra:
….على العراق او في حقّ العراق
…..عقل يعى
…ونتقى شرأ ضربة عسكرية
Hello Azizah , can you please explain me the meaning of these three short frases ?
Shukran Marco
Aziza:
Ahlan Juan,
Yes, both are in use, but I think that التِنِس is used more than كُرة المَضْرِب
Salaam,
Aziza
Aziza:
Ahlan Marko,
على العراق او في حقّ العراق means ‘on Iraq or against Iraq’
عقل يعى means a ‘thinking mind’, i.e. one who uses his mind.
ونتقى شر ضربة عسكرية means ‘and we avoid the consequences of a military strike.’
Without proper context, it is hard to know the exact meaning, but I still hope this helps.
salaam,
Aziza
marco chiorra:
I have other questions for you Aziizah
ـــــ على إستخدام غاز الاعصار الفتالا
What does “ asaar al.fatalaa” mean ?
السودان يخلي استراحات الري تمهيدا لتسليمها إلى مصر
What the word “istirahaat” here means ?
ـــــ دعا الاراق للاحتكلم إلى العقل خاصة انه ذكر أن الكويت حريصة على عدم تصعيد الموقف مع الاراق
The words “da/aa lil- ihtikaam” and “Sa//ada al-mauqif”
I thank you Aziizah
Aziza:
Ahlan Marco,
I do not know the first one myself. There could be a spelling error here.
استراحات means rest houses or guest houses (temporary accommodation units for workers who stay away from their families) literally
دعا للاحتكام إلى العقل called for resorting to reason or common-sense (calls for someone to be sensible about something)
تصعيد الموقف means escalating the situation.
I hope this is useful!
Salaam,
Aziza