Lughat ul Arabiyya fi asarina-Juz al awwal
I am an enthusiast when it comes to learning new languages. Me and my roommate used to- and to some extent still- make up things on the fly though I would have to say he is much better at it mashAllah. We have a word for technical and non technical stuff.
I personally think this is a good way to build your vocabulary in Arabic! Here is a list and their equals in English we compiled. Feel free to add your own. Enjoy!
1. thalab un naar= Mozilla Firefox
2. Kitab ul wajh= facebook
3. antaambooba= youtube
4. sirqat sayyarat al kubra = I will leave this for you…its funny once you figure it out(it took me sometime to figure out)
5. tanbihu ahmerun= red alert
6. ana hatif=iphone
7. nuwafidh aash bee= windows XP
8. jujal al hadith = google talk
9. mahhatat al laeb= play station
10. khaled fi sandooq=jack in the box
11. akthar ala = MORON I found this hilarious…jazakAllah khair to my roomate
12. jumhureyet al moza= bannana republic
13. masafa= gap
14. Al hasub= Computer
15. tayr ul barq= thunderbird
16. muslimmatters=umurulmuslimeen
17. alif taa wa taa= AT&T
18. buka2 ba3eed= far cry
19. aghezet al 7adeed al salba= metal gear solid
20. nujoom al dollarat= star bucks
21. Tareeq ul aman= safeway superstore
22. Qaisar al sagheer= Carl Jr.’s
23. qabal al sa7afa= meet the press
24. ma7faza sameena= fat wallet.com
25. ahsan u yashtari= best buy
26. yawalad= yahoo
27. far2a3 3uyoon= pop eyes=popeyes
28. garaz al taco= taco bell
29. bareed sakhen= hotmail
30. gmail= geembareed
31. ikhwat marwan al soober=the mario brothers
32. juraij ibn boosh al texassi= George Bush the Texan(akthar ala kabeer)
33. rajul al ankaboot= spiderman
34. malik ul asad= lion king
35. kaubkab ul ardh= planet earth
36. ala al khat= online
37. huroob un nujoom= starwars
38. sena3at al nugoom = starcraft
39. lauh ul abyadh= whiteboard
40. sooq al fala7= famer’s market
41. sook al samak= fish market
42. markaz al sagheer= micro center
43. battaqat ul iktihshaf= discover card
44. battaqatul jawazat= visa card
45. na7nu al le3ab= toys r us
46. sereer, 7amam, wa ba3d thalik= bed bath and beyond
47. maryam’s=macy’s
48. al nisr al amrekee= the american eagle
49. kalb u har= hot dog
50. wadee al silicon= silicon valley
51.
Ok for now thats it for part 1. InshAllah, we will post part two sometime in the future.
Here is my roomate’s blog.(http://whatstheplot.com/blog/).
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[...] you watch anta ambooba in tha3lab al nar? click here for a list of funny, literal arabizations done by my roommate and [...]
17. alif taa wa taa= AT&T
20. nujoom al dollarat= star bucks
26. yawalad= yahoo
49. kalb u har= hot dog
lol that was cool!
do you mind if i share this with someone?
4. sirqat sayyarat al kubra = I will leave this for you…its funny once you figure it out(it took me sometime to figure out)
sirqar: circut? sayyarat al kubra: biggest car
eh i dnt kno =X
You can go ahead share with anyone you want sister.
Grand theft auto…….:)
As salaamu ‘aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu
Forgive me for a comment not related to the post. There is an excellent new blog dedicated to a book called: *An Incomplete History: The Muslims of Spain Post 1492 in a Global Context and its Relevance to Muslims Today*
http://historyofandalus.wordpress.com/
The situation of the Muslims living in the West today poses a striking similarity to the situation of the Muslims in Al- Andalus post 1492 (when the last Muslim ruler surrendered the last Muslim stronghold of Granada to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella). This marked the official end to Islamic rule in Al- Andalus. However, this did not mean all the Muslims left Al Andalus in one go.
Muslims lived in Andalus for at least two hundred years after the fall (1492). Their lives were not easy. In many cases they were forced to give up their identities, could not practice Islam in public, they were not allowed to speak Arabic (and therefore could not pray in congregation) or even give their children Muslim names! So what began as tolerance for the practice of Islam in Al- Andalus and allowing for their affairs to be judged under Shari’ah courts (Capitulations of Granada) slowly but surely led to the persecution of the Muslims of Al-Andalus until no trace of Muslims in Andalus were to be found.
What is the point in not using Arabic characters or any proper transliteration method?
huh Br Youssef, I dont understand. Is this translteratio not good? I can do the next one in arabic characters as well. Is that what you are asking?
lol that was great mashaAllah.
JazakAllah khair sister Amatullah!
LOL, hilarious…cool..\
interesting how u guys r putting arabic into practice…cant wait for part 2…
the funniet thought is Akthar ala’ – moron…kind of twisted…
jazakAllah khayr for ur humor
[...] the top one is the arabised english. I loved this one myself [...]
nerd = الطالب الذي يذاكر كثيرا
lol
lol! jazakillah khair sister! Keep em coming!