HSC Arabic Continuers flashcards
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- al-fusha
- The formal register of Arabic used in writing, education, media and the HSC examination, distinct from spoken colloquial dialects used in daily conversation.
- Arab League
- An organisation of 22 Arabic-speaking member states founded in 1945 to coordinate political, economic and cultural affairs across the Arab world.
- al-karam
- The cultural value of generosity and hospitality, shown by offering food and coffee to guests and refusing payment from visitors.
- al-sharaf
- Family honour, a central cultural concept in Arabic-speaking communities that shapes behaviour, reputation and social obligations.
- al-usra al-mumtadda
- The extended family, including grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins, who often live nearby and share child-rearing and support duties.
- mahr
- A dowry given by the groom to the bride in Islamic marriage contracts, forming part of the wedding agreement alongside the aqd.
- khal and amm
- Arabic kinship terms for maternal uncle (khal) and paternal uncle (amm), reflecting the precise distinctions made between relatives in family vocabulary.
- Eid al-Fitr
- The festival marking the end of Ramadan, celebrated with family gatherings, special foods, new clothes and gifts for children.
- majlis
- The sitting room or reception area of a home where guests are hosted, often furnished with cushions along the walls for social gatherings.
- mashrabiyya
- Decorative wooden lattice screens on traditional Arabic windows that allow airflow and shade while protecting household privacy.
- jiran
- The Arabic word for neighbours, who hold defined social obligations such as greeting, sharing food and visiting the sick.
- hawsh
- A central courtyard in traditional Arabic housing that provides shade, privacy and a family gathering space away from the street.
- hayy
- An Arabic term for a neighbourhood or district within a city, often organised around a mosque, market or community centre.
- alladhi
- The Arabic relative pronoun meaning who or which for masculine singular nouns, used to introduce descriptive clauses about people or things.
- mujtahid
- An Arabic adjective meaning hardworking or diligent, commonly used to describe a studious person in biographical and descriptive texts.
- Naguib Mahfouz
- An Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, widely studied as a major figure in modern Arabic writing.
- sira dhatiyya
- The Arabic term for autobiography, a text type presenting a person's life story in chronological order from birth to present.
- al-Qahira
- The Arabic name for Cairo, the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world, located on the Nile River.
- Petra
- An ancient Nabataean city in Jordan carved into rose-coloured cliffs, famous for its rock-cut facades and narrow entrance gorge.
- jawaz safar
- The Arabic term for a passport, a key travel document listed in airport, hotel and itinerary texts in the examination.
- Mawlid al-Nabi
- The festival commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, marked by recitations, processions and sweets in many Arabic-speaking countries.
- rihla
- The Arabic word for a trip or journey, often used in recount texts describing travel experiences with time markers and past-tense verbs.
- laji
- The Arabic word for a refugee, a person forced to flee their country due to war or persecution and seek safety elsewhere.
- al-batalla
- The Arabic term for unemployment, a frequent social issue discussed in texts about youth, education and economic challenges.
- talawwuth
- The Arabic word for pollution, a key environmental term appearing in texts about urbanisation, industry and climate change.
- ihtibas harari
- The Arabic term for global warming, referring to the rise in average global temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
- min jihha ukhra
- An Arabic connector meaning on the other hand, used to introduce a contrasting argument in formal discussion and opinion texts.
- al-madi
- The Arabic perfect tense, expressing completed past actions, formed by adding suffixes such as -tu, -ta, -na to the verb stem.
- al-mudari
- The Arabic imperfect tense, expressing ongoing or future actions, formed with prefixes such as a-, ta-, ya- and nu- attached to the stem.
- sun and moon letters
- Two groups of Arabic consonants that determine whether the article al- assimilates in pronunciation, as in ash-shams versus al-qamar.
- three-letter root
- The core of most Arabic words, from which nouns and verbs are formed by adding vowels and patterns, such as k-t-b giving kitab.
- hadrat al-mudir
- A formal Arabic salutation meaning Dear Director, used at the opening of official letters and emails in formal correspondence.