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One: Wahid

Two: Ethnan

Three: Thalatheh

Four: Arba`ah

Five: khamsah

Six: settah

Seven: saba`ah

Eight: thmaniah

Nine: tiss`ah

Ten: ash`rah

Morning: sabah

Evening: masa`

Noon: duhur

Afternoon: ba`d el-duhur

Flower: wardah

Tree: shajarah

Plant: nabat

Grass: hasheesh

Garden: hadeeqah

Fruit: fakeha

Vegetable: khudaar

Bread: sammoon, or khobiz

Tomato: tamatah

Cucumber: khiyar

Potato: batata

Egg plant: bathenjan

Onion: basal

Orange: burtoqal

Apple: tuffah

Banana: mouz

Chair: kursi

Table: tawleh

Bed: sareer

Sheet [for bed]: sharshaf

Pillow: makhaddah

Closet: khazaneh

Refrigerator: thallajah

Gas oven: tabbakh

Oven: furun

Hot: har

Cold: barid

Winter: shetaa'

Summer: sayef

Autumn: khareef

Spring: rabee'

Hope: amal

Nice: sa`eed

time: waqit or Zaman

 

Happy: farhaan

Sad: hazeen

Depressed: muhbat

Angry: Ghadib

War: harb

Peace: Salam

Building: binayah

School: madrasah

Room: ghorfah

Yard: saahah

Shlonkom? (how are you all?) in Iraqi slang

or -Shonak?/Shonik? [M/F] (how are you?)

-zen/zena [M/F] (fine) Iraqi Slang

Kafe al haal ? (how are you ?)in Arabic

- Alhamdo lillah (thanks God) Arabic

-Shako mako? (what’s new?) Iraqi slang

-Kulshi mako (nothing new..) Iraqi

or –Safiya Dafiya (literally means: sunny and warm. It means: everything is fine)

Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome)

Na’am (Yes)

La (No)

Colors (Al’alwan):

Red……..(Ahmar)

Green……(akhdhar)

Yellow…..(asfar)

Blue………(azraq)

White……..(abyadh)

Black……..(aswad)

Days (Ayyam) of the week (Al’isboo’):

Sunday…………………..Al ahad

Monday………………….Al ethnain

Tuseday…………………..Al tholatha’

Wednesday………………Al arbi`aa’

Thursday………………....Al khamees

Friday…………………….Al jom`ah

Saturday…………………..As sabt

Kalimaat……….Words

Sadeeqaty………..my friend (my female friend)

Sadeeqy………….my friend (my male friend)

Azizi……………...my dear (male)

Azizety……………my dear (female)

Habibti……………My lover woman

Habibi…………….My lover man

Jameela……………beautiful female

Jameel……………..Beautiful male [waseem… handsom]

Lateefa…………….cute female

Lateef………………Cute male

Sakheefa…………….silly girl

Shakheef…………….Silly boy

Habla……………….. Dork woman!

Ahbal……………….. Dork man!

Habbaba……………. Nice girl.

Habbab ……………... nice boy

 

 

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